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Congrats to David Murphy from Newcastle in Co. Dublin who reached the summit of Ama Dablam (6,812m) on Thursday 22nd October with 8K Expeditions. By my count this is the 42nd Irish summit of Ama Dablam from 75 attempts since 1990. List of Irish summits at irishsevensummits.com/irish-…
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EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal.
The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
🔗 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
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Best wishes to Tyrone native Rob Smith who is currently leading the Adventure Consultants team on Manaslu (8163m). Rob is going for his second summit of Manaslu and 19th summit of an 8000m peak overall. adventureconsultants.com/wor…
Better late than never. A fine speech by Ed Miliband and finally the UK government deciding that enough is enough!
Future generations will wonder why this took so long to achieve.
The United Nations General Assembly voted for a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe - aiming at "a more accurate representation" of world geography
rte.ie/news/world/2026/0904/…
Congrats to Irish alpinist George Ponsonby and British climber James Price who are among the 2026 Piolet d’Or winners for first ascent of the northwest face of Aikache Chhok in Pakistan’s Batura Muztagh. George is former Captain of the Dublin University Climbing Club at Trinity.
The Piolets d'Or jury has picked the best activities among 50 outstanding climbs that represent the best of exploratory alpinism. Here is its final selection.
explorersweb.com/and-the-pio…
These numbers will be many times more once the dust has settled following the natural disaster in Nepal this week.
Cho Oyu and Shishapangma will remain closed this Autumn as Chinese authorities continue their ban of foreign climbers on various 8000m peaks.
Despite previous optimistic reports, Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma will remain closed to climbers this fall season.
explorersweb.com/cho-oyu-and…
Apocalyptic scenes on the Nepal-China border. Among the hundreds missing are 2 Irish. Glacial lake outburst is a frighteningly powerful force, and climate change is making it an even greater risk.
We have updated stats for Irish climbs of Ama Dablam over the years (41 summits from 74 attempts) to reflect latest 2025 and 2026 data. You can find the full list of all who reached the summit and attempted, from the first in 1990 to the latest in 2026, at irishsevensummits.com/irish-…
There are a few solid accounts of the tragedy on Broad Peak this year. This from the US commentator Alan Arnette, is one the best IMO. The approach, tone and messaging is on point. It is well worth your time.
youtu.be/pi_YtoX7q5g?is=d8y8…
There is a saying in mountaineering... "There are old climbers and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers".
This weeks disaster on Broad Peak brings home once again the dangers of high altitude mountaineering and the immense power of nature. Broad Peak is one of the 14 'eight-thousanders', and is located in the Karakoram range on the border of Pakistan & China. /1
Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft). A total of 13 Irish climbers attempted Broad Peak over the years, with 3 summits:
Eddie Cooper (1998)
John Dowd (2006)
Mick Murphy (2006).
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