mountains and athleticism
Going fast to the mountains is not a contemporary activity. If we think that the innovations or tendencies of the lightweight practices in the mountains are recent we are very erroneous, because since the begining of climbing mountains or walking in the valleys, there was someone who wanted it do it quickly. For some time…
Read MoreSome call it trail running, others mountain running, even running in the mountains or skyrunning, or fellrunning. Whatever you call the action of running in a outdoor space in a natural surface it’s not a single discipline but a complete and complexe sport. For simplification of the matter, from now on, in this article I…
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We all love to go out to the mountains, and all for different reasons and goals; to get fit, to find peace, to exercise, to win a race, to climb a summit, to spend time with friends, to have unspected adventures or achieve a technical route. So what do we do when we go out…
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.Ueli Steck was one of the most polyvalent alpinists ever. Steck is a true all-arounder and has put up M11 mixed routes, free soloed 5.13/8a and WI6, and sport climbed 5.14/8c, done first ascents in 8000m peaks, speed solo ED routes and he has also participated in Ultra Trails. Among his achievements he has open…
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Training it has been and it is my main occupation. I love to workout and to be pushing my body and discovering his limits, to be able to race or do projects in the mountains on my best possible level. I started training “seriously” when I was 13 years old. Before that, I had been…
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Life is a game of renounces. I renounce clothes,I renounce technology,I renounce the safety rope,I renounce rules and inertia…To be naked. Naked to reborn,without mindets,without playbooks I Renounce life? Never.I renounce death? Not either. I go fast, not to be first, not to win nor compete but because I can, because I like-it and because…
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I want to share how I approached my Cho Oyu and Everest preparations and acclimatization programs during my expedition in 2017. Most of what I did was what many alpinists have been doing for years, and I have been trying and adjusting the last 5 years in Himalaya. We placed a strong emphasis on traveling…
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Blogdescalada.com publish in his website http://blogdescalada.com/designer-realiza-projeto-de-bota-de-escalada-em-gelo-para-a-under-armor/ the design from Cory Czarnik of this futuristic dry tooling shoe:
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When in june Ueli Steck start his project 82 Summits I saw a video in the Facebook of a friend, it was some images of him and another friend doing many summits, in fact all the 4000m summits in the Alps, linking all them by cycling or running, and they did in only 60 days.…
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I’m sweating, and sweat falling itches my eyes. I can only see my hands pushing my legs, and when I raise a little the view I see the ass of Rickey, a bit higher I can see the rocky slope we are power hiking and far the summit. But the hard breath made me look down…
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