Mountains and Numbers
Nine months after launch in March 2006, well funded Twitter only had a couple thousand users. Pythom got that number already in private beta and the figures are accelerating. Since opening for public viewing on May 10, we’ve seen a monthly increase in users of 600%, in page views of 700% and in total time spent on Pythom from 94 hours to 940 hours – or 1000%. Full story in links.
In other news last week: Pakistan kicks off, Laila Peak claims a ski-mountaineer, harrowing descent in Alaska, Everest veterans give their take on accidents, Greenland ski season wraps, and more.
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Pythom: Faster Growth than Twitter, Reach Beyond FB tina
Pakistan: Laila Peak claims ski mountaineer pythom
Everest 2016 season .. the first Australian woman to climb Everest gives a different perspectivebrigittemuir
First solo in Alaska: 12 hours up, 3 days down pythom
Ice Horizons 2016 successful Greenland crossing icehorizons
Summer 2016 Kickoff: K2 Commercial Teams, Nanga Parbat is Back and Some Interesting Expeditions raheel
Events and Expeditions
Sailboat to Circumnavigate North Pole ListofExpeditions
Greenland to Scotland kayaking attempt about to start ListofExpeditions
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Greenland Windsled update correne
Market: Trips, New and Used Gear and Books
Everest 96 brigittemuir
Expedition Dispatches
Broad Peak underway Mountain Professionals
Si2 landed in New York City after a flight over the Statue of Liberty Solar Impulse
In Sharpness dry dock North Pole Sailing Circumnavigation
six happy faces Borge Ousland Polar Exploration
Verfolgen Sie unser Concordia Trekking in Bakistan live AMICAL alpin
Rainy week across Ecuador Madison Mountaineering
Bouldering in Japan.(My first time there) Hans Florine: speedclimb
Greenland Crossing 2016 – post expedition summary Icelandic Mountain Guides
Denali Summit Video Colin O’Brady, Beyond72.com
BEAM Closed as Crew Packs Spaceships for Departure Space Station
Crossing Greenland – So Familiar, So Different Jaakko Heikka (Finland)
GREENLAND ICE SUMMIT EXPEDITION 2016 Greenland Windsled
Men’s Journal Magazine covers The Last Great March Sebastian Copeland & Mark George
News from Around the World
Las históricas nuevas rutas españolas a los ochomiles de Pakistán Desnivel (Spain)
Why K2 Will Never Become Everest Alan Arnette
Due alpinisti morti sulla Presanella Montagna.tv (Italian)
Italian fell to death on Laila Peak Abenteuer Sport with Stefan Nestler
In cima al K2 senza i piedi Montagna.tv (Italian)
Everest e K2 montagne domate? Montagna.tv (Italian)
Elite Athletes Want You to Eat More Brains Outside Mag
Japanese Team Climbs New Line on SW Face of Asperity Mountain in Waddington RangeAlpinist
Trending: Hammock Camping Hang Time Canoe & Kayak
Pedro Oliva Runs 82-foot Falls in Amazon Canoe & Kayak
The Climb: A Virtual Reality Climbing Video Game Climbing
Watch the Animated History of Big Wall Climbing Gripped
FRI NIGHT VID: How to be a Rock Climber UKClimbing
Becca and Sara Frangos on Climbing in Olympics on CBC Gripped
Everest season “as normal as it could have been” Abenteuer Sport with Stefan Nestler
Leonardo Comelli perishes on Laila Peak in Pakistan Planet Mountain
Two people found dead on motor cruiser in Norfolk Yachting & Boating World
Las agencias baratas salen caras en el Everest Desnivel (Spain)
Laila Peak, sogno spezzato Montagna.tv (Italian)
Ask Answer Man: Can I Smoke Weed and Climb? Climbing
Colin Haley Solos the Infinite Spur, Gets Caught in Storm During Descent Alpinist
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey Trailer Gripped
Video: French skipper Coville sets new distance record Yachting & Boating World
Watch How to be a Rock Climber Gripped
Big Alpine Highline is the First in the Bugaboos Gripped
Creek Stewart’s ‘Survival Hacks’ Is Full Of Fun Tricks, But It Won’t Help You Survive Outside Mag
Laila Peak, muore giovane alpinista italiano Montagna.tv (Italian)
Watch climbing from the sky Montagna.tv (Italian)
Touching the void – immortal stories Planet Mountain
MAIB: Death of skipper of the Carol Anne was avoidable Yachting & Boating World
Help or hazard? Why GPS may be leading us astray The BMC
Bentornato Nanga Parbat Montagna.tv (Italian)
Fishermen rescued after their boat sinks in the Atlantic Yachting & Boating World
Karl Unterkirchen Award, si premia l’eccellenza dell’alpinismo Montagna.tv (Italian)
Lessons from the Trail: How to Strap a Canoe on a Float Plane Canoe & Kayak
Big waves & Big wipeouts in the RedBull Cape Fear event Surfnewsnetwork
An Intro from the Hamer Brother on Climbing vs Bouldering Berghaus Community
Jack MacGowan’s Top 10 packing tips for long distance bikepacking. Berghaus Community
Ferran Latorre: “La esencia del alpinismo es la incertidumbre” Desnivel (Spain)
10 Reasons to Cycle Africa from Cairo to Cape Town TDA Global Cycling
Una expedición polaca, dispuesta a ‘mejorar’ la travesía G1-G2 de Messner y KammerlanderDesnivel (Spain)
Colin Haley Solos the Infinite Spur on Mount Foraker Gripped
Las mejores expediciones al Karakórum del verano de 2016 Desnivel (Spain)
Everest 2016: The Climber’s Depression Abyss Alan Arnette
Karakoram 2016: K2 Ramps Up, Nanga Parbat Reopens The Adventure Blog
Alberto Iñurrategi, Juan Vallejo y Mikel Zabalza anuncian su expedición a los Gasherbrum este verano Desnivel (Spain)
India, nuove regole per arginare i morti sull’Everest Montagna.tv (Italian)
