• April 14, 2020
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Cover Photo: Nafez Tawk & Youmna Saloumi, Tengboche. Whether you're skiing, mountain biking, trekking or hiking, you need to drink a lot of water at high altitude compared to what...

• April 11, 2020
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Himalaya-Karakoram-HinduKush Mountain System - 3 Moutain ranges - 1 System. Have you heard of Jaglot ? [caption id="attachment_2446" align="alignleft" width="500"] Junction point of the 3 Highest Mountain range on earth[/caption]...

• April 9, 2020
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The whole south face on #Mt_Sannine (West to East) in 1 frame The South face stretches from "Faqra Kfardebian" to "Jord Slouka", the last section of "Mount Sannine Massif"  where...

• April 2, 2020
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Cover Photo Credits: "George Saado" Author: Mario Fares History "Sherpa" pronounced "Sharwa" by the "Sherpas" themselves originally meant "People from the East", a word denoting a group of people who...

• April 1, 2020
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Author: Laura Zmeter “Snow showers?! Great! Ski season is around the corner…” Something we hear every single year in "November"/"December"; all the skiers start preparing their gears to welcome the...

• March 27, 2020
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Lebanon consists of two main mountain ranges, Mount Lebanon range & Anti-Lebanon range. Cover image: Mario Fares, Mt Hermon as seen from Mount Sannine.   [caption id="attachment_2258" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Mount...

• March 25, 2020
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗸𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆?  Uphill: Poles should be shortened to a length which allow them to be planted in front of you.  Downhill: Poles should be extended to...

• March 24, 2020
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Spindrift, is defined as fine grained snow being carried by wind. In practice it is usually used to describe the frequent  snow that fall down steep slopes, gullies, and faces....

• March 24, 2020
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What is the difference between a Crevice and a crevasse?   Both terms come from the Anglo-French word crevasse, to break.       Crevasses form in the top layers...

• March 22, 2020
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Ice forms when the temperature of water reaches 0 degrees Celsius. Road salt works by lowering the freezing point of water via a process called freezing point depression. The freezing...