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Concluded: How Herbert Bruckmüller got himself out of a hole in the Austrian Alps.
On Bruckmüller’s fifth day in the sinkhole, after four freezing nights, the weather took a turn for the worse. A storm blew up. Fearing hypothermia, he hadn't ...

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In which Herbert Bruckmüller gets himself into a hole in the Austrian Alps.

Dolines perforate the limestone karst regions of the Alps. They are sinkholes with roofs that have partly or completely collapsed. In summer, trees and bushes may cover the smaller holes, hiding the danger. In winter, when their mouths are snow-covered, dolines can be as lethal as a glacie...

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Continued: how Nakamura Teru paved the way to winter climbing and economic independence for women.

In the hardscrabble years after the war’s end, Nakamura translated school textbooks for the occupying forces, and also worke...

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How Nakamura Teru paved the way to winter climbing and economic independence for women.
But how could we have forgotten Nakamura Teru? In Yamakei’s illustrated history of Japanese mountaineering, there she stands, flanked by two companions, every bit as tall and confident as the president of Japan’s first climbing club for women should be. The photo was probably taken ...

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Concluded: Walter Weston's guide to alpine activities across the Empire during the 1930s.

Like its adopted parent, Japan, Korea – now known as Chosen – is a land of mountains. Few of its ranges present, from the technical point of view, serious climbing problems to the mountaineer, and from the point of view of altitude they are not imposing. The hi...

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