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Shisha Pangma in Tibet
50-year-old is first US woman to climb all world's tallest mountains

By Fiona Russell Published

Tracee Metcalfe completes epic challenge to reach summit of the 14 eight-thousanders

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James Norbury
Think you've got grit? Meet the record-breaker who scaled Britain's 30 tallest peaks in just two days

By Will Symons Published

James Norbury took on the ultra-endurance challenge to entice people to Britain's lesser known peaks

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K2 as seen from Broad Peak base camp on Baltoro Glacier Pakistan
There’s no Olympic gold for it, but a French climber has more than halved the K2 ascent speed record

By Dave Golder Published

French climber Benjamin Vedrines summits K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in just under 11 hours

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Monte rosa massiv or Dufourspitze in Swiss Alps. The Spaghetti Tour is a traverse of the Monte Rosa massif
Swiss climber scales 18 Alpine peaks in under 8 hours to break “Spaghetti Tour” record

By Dave Golder Published

Most experienced climbers take five days to complete this feat – Andy Steindl took 7 hours, 45 minutes, and 44 seconds

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El Capitan in Yosemite
"His diet of meat, salt, and water seems to have given him unusual strength" – Yosemite speed climber crushes El Cap record

By Julia Clarke Published

Nick Ehman is the first to solo aid climb The Nose in under five hours

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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park
Eight-year-old becomes youngest ever to summit El Capitan – but there's controversy

By Cat Ellis Published

Some climbers say the method used by Sam Baker and his father shouldn't qualify as a record, and question their motives

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Person's hand holding peanut in shell
Mountaineer sets new record for pushing peanut up peak with his nose

By Cat Ellis Published

Bill Salem pushed the legume to the summit of Pikes Peak in one week, smashing the previous record by a whole day

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Annapurna III (7555m) from Sarangkot
Ukrainian climbing team makes history with Himalayan first ascent

By Julia Clarke Published

Three Ukrainian climbers have successfully summited Annapurna III via the southeast ridge, a feat that has long evaded the world’s best climbers

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El Capitan in Yosemite
Mother of ‘Free Solo’ climber becomes oldest woman to climb El Capitan

By Julia Clarke Published

Alex Honnold’s 70-year-old mother just climbed El Capitan for the second time, becoming the oldest woman to do so

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Ben Nevis
15-year-old record smashed on country's tallest mountain

By Fiona Russell Published

Runner ascends more than the height of Everest in under 24 hours to claim new title

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