Tag: ascent

Piolet d’Or Winner Yuri Koshelenko Bags First Ascent in Indian Himalaya

Flying under the radar as usual while climbing in lonely Himalayan valleys, Piolet d’Or winner Yuri Koshelenko of Russia has bagged another first ascent. The unnamed peak lies in Rangtik Topko, a side valley of Zanskar, in India’s Ladakh region. The climbers’ GPS gave it an altitude of 6,218m. A red line marks the climbers’ […]

First Ascent and Ski Descent of ‘Little Rakaposhi’

In late spring, after the monsoon has closed down the Himalayan season but before teams head for Pakistan’s 8,000ers, conditions remain good enough on many of Pakistan’s lower peaks for some climbing and skiing. Yannick Boissenot and Julien Herry made the best of both options by bagging a first ascent of an unnamed 5,050m peak […]

The ascent of Katie Britt

Not since Tina Fey exploded onto screens as a dead ringer for Sarah Palin has a Saturday Night Live political skit so uproariously hit the mark with American audiences. Two nights after Alabama junior senator Katie Britt unleashed a bizarre rebuttal to the State of the Union, Scarlett Johanssonn appeared in SNL’s cold open wearing […]