Everest and K2 see how every year many expeditions reach their summit. In fact the agglomeration of climbers in the Everest base camp is starting to be a major problem, just remember the catastrophe of the last Nepalese earthquake. Of the 40 highest mountains in the world, only two remained unreached in 1985. Since 1992 […]
Mountaineering
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How three men ascended Olympus for the first time
More than 100 years ago, on August 2, 1913, three men reached the summit of Mount Olympus in Greece. Perhaps others had tried it before, who would dare to prove by himself whether the gods really lived there? But the fact is that nothing in the classical sources makes us suspect of such a boldness. […]