George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886–1924) English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. During the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition, Mallory & his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine both disappeared on the North-East ridge during their attempt to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain. The pair were last seen when they were about 800 vertical feet from the summit. Mallory's fate was unknown until his body was discovered in 1999

George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886–1924) English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. During the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition, Mallory & his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine both disappeared on the North-East ridge during their attempt to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain. The pair were last seen when they were about 800 vertical feet from the summit. Mallory's fate was unknown until his body was discovered in 1999

aoiultrapale: ““Mon dieu!—George Mallory! … He’s six foot high, with the body of an athlete by Praxiteles, and a face—oh incredible—the mystery of Botticelli, the refinement and delicacy of a Chinese...

aoiultrapale: ““Mon dieu!—George Mallory! … He’s six foot high, with the body of an athlete by Praxiteles, and a face—oh incredible—the mystery of Botticelli, the refinement and delicacy of a Chinese...

Jerzy Kukuczka - Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world.

RIP Ueli Steck - died on Nuptse on 30th April 2017,

Solo climber Catherine Destivelle

Herman Buhl

Wanda Rutkiewicz On Shishapangma Summit Sept 18 1987 - Wanda Rutkiewicz: A Caravan of Dreams book

وندا رتکویچ (Wanda Rutkiewicz)

Herman Buhl, Diembergers climbing partner on the ascent of Broad Peak lost his life on nearby Bride Peak (Chogolisa) when he and Diemberger were caught in a storm, got lost and a cornice broke and Buhl plunged to his death.

Herman Buhl, Diembergers climbing partner on the ascent of Broad Peak lost his life on nearby Bride Peak (Chogolisa) when he and Diemberger were caught in a storm, got lost and a cornice broke and Buhl plunged to his death.

alpinizmus osobnosti

Viktor Beránek je služobne najstarším nosičom vo Vysokých Tatrách.

Príbeh štyroch slovenských horolezcov, ktorí zmizli na Mount Evereste

Dani Arnold - rýchlostný rekord severnej steny v masíve Mont Blancu - OutdoorFilmy.sk

Andrzej Bargiel jako pierwszy człowiek zjechał z K2!

ŠOK Tvrdá rana pre Zuzanu Fialovú: Herečka prišla o milovaného človeka!

Vladimír Plulík: Bol všestranný horský športovec.

Bratia Ondrej a Pavol Pochylí boli nezvyčajným zjavom v niekdajšom československom horolezectve.

Hory a Mesto: Maurizio Giordani

Ivan Fiala (vľavo) a Michal Orolin na vrchole Nanga Parbat (8125 m)

Ricardo Cassin 1938

Vyhasla nejzářivější hvězda alpinismu – budeš chybět, Ueli! | Lidé&Hory

II. československá expedícia Nanga Parbat 1971 | Expedition.sk

Wanda Rutkiewicz 3rd Woman (1st European) to summit Everest (1978)

Jerzy Kukuczka

aoiultrapale: ““Mon dieu!—George Mallory! … He’s six foot high, with the body of an athlete by Praxiteles, and a face—oh incredible—the mystery of Botticelli, the refinement and delicacy of a Chinese...

Jerzy Kukuczka - Polish alpine and high-altitude climber. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man, after Reinhold Messner, to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world.

RIP Ueli Steck - died on Nuptse on 30th April 2017,

Solo climber Catherine Destivelle

Herman Buhl

Wanda Rutkiewicz On Shishapangma Summit Sept 18 1987 - Wanda Rutkiewicz: A Caravan of Dreams book

وندا رتکویچ (Wanda Rutkiewicz)

Herman Buhl, Diembergers climbing partner on the ascent of Broad Peak lost his life on nearby Bride Peak (Chogolisa) when he and Diemberger were caught in a storm, got lost and a cornice broke and Buhl plunged to his death.

Dhaulagiri first ascent - Peter Diener and Ernst Forrer, 13th May 1960.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on this date in 1953.