John Harlin sustained a fatal fall from a height of 4,000 feet after being hit by a stone on March 22, 1966, at the tender age of only 30 years,in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland. Having established himself as a leading alpine climber with the first American ascent in 1962 of the 1938 Heckmair Route on

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On October 24, 1999,  Ginette Harrison passed away in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri I, which is located in Nepal and is 26,795 feet high. 41 was Harrison’s age. On the upper peak, Harrison, a surgeon and climber who had climbed at least four eight thousand-meter summits, was murdered together with a Sherpa climbing companion. Harrison’s

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Before Aleksander Doba passed away at Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro’s summit on February 22, 2021, he was a remarkable adventurer, who made history by kayaking solo across the Atlantic Ocean three times, covering a distance of 5400 kilometres under his own power. His most recent feat occurred in 2017 when he achieved this incredible feat

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The Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda are home to a diverse array of fauna, ranging from iconic African mammals to colorful avian species. A total of 177 bird species and 70 animal species call these vegetation zones their home. Elephants, chimpanzees, Rwenzori otters, and leopards are also included in the category of mammals. Even though they

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There is a wide variety of ecological and vegetation zones in the Ruwenzori Mountains, ranging from snow to alpine meadows to tropical rainforest jungles as you climb from the lower slopes to the summit. The mountain range is home to its very unique species and varieties of enormous groundsel and huge lobelia, in addition to

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