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Deadly avalanches: Why skiers underestimate the risks, despite warnings

“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again this year, events have proven him right. Harsh weather has triggered deadly avalanches around Lake Tahoe in California, as well as across the Alps in Europe.

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Leki Skysolo FX.One Carbon trekking poles: ridiculously light, superbly supportive

We click Leki’s Skysolo FX.One Carbon trekking poles into shape and take them on the demanding trails of North Wales

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Pioneering Czech mountaineer tragically dies in fall attempting to summit 'Killer Mountain' in the Himalayas - but the cause is a mystery

Klára Kolouchová, the first Czech woman to climb Earth's three highest peaks, has died in an accident on Nanga Parbat

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When is the best time to climb Everest?

We take a look at when the best time to climb Everest is, why it is that the climbing window is so short and why summer and winter ascents are so rare

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‘I’m always looking for something weird’: Palace’s Lev Tanju on his new role as creative director for Fila+

Wallpaper* fashion features editor Jack Moss sits down with Lev Tanju as the Palace founder brings his unabashed love of clothes to a new role as creative director of Fila+

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Who is Reinhold Messner? The world's mountain GOAT

We look into the incredible life of Reinhold Messner, the Tyrolean titan widely considered to be the greatest mountaineer of all time

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What is the death zone on the world’s highest mountains?

Our mountaineering expert looks into the death zone and the reasons why climbing 8,000-meter peaks can be so dangerous

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Who are the world’s greatest mountaineers? We look at the story of former greats and up and comers

Our mountaineering expert considers the world’s greatest mountaineers throughout history, as well as casting an eye on those making waves today

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Record Number Of Climbers Chase 14-peak Dream In Tibet

A record number of climbers are gathered in Tibet to complete mountaineering's pinnacle achievement, summiting the world's tallest 14 peaks.

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Renowned mountaineer stripped of two Guinness World Records after claim he was short of summit

The famed climber was five metres short of the peak in his Annapurna summit in 1985, according to an amateur cartographer

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Norwegian woman claims record time for climbing world’s 14 highest peaks

Kristin Harila completes ascents of highest mountains amid controversy over modern climbers’ use of helicopters

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Bravery, triumph and more than 300 deaths - 70 years of climbing Mount Everest

Monday marks 70 years to the day that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history and conquered the world's highest peak - and in the decades since, hundreds have followed in their footsteps

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Handball rule change is needed to quell VAR unrest in Scottish football

SCOTTISH football loves a summit almost as much as Reinhold Messner.

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Man's mystery mountain death FINALLY solved as boot is discovered 50 years later

Famous alpinist Reinhold Messner claims the boot puts to rest any rumours he left his brother to die on the harsh slopes of Naga Parbat in Pakistan

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What is alpinism? And is it different to mountaineering?

What is alpinism? And is it the same as mountaineering? Our experts take a look at the traditional fast and light approach to climbing big mountains

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On the great glacier with Laurent Lecamp

Laurent Lecamp, luxury expert and head of Montblanc’s watch division, doesn’t let extreme weather get in the way of his storytelling

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