K2 in winter - how did Sherpas become mountaineering stars in just a decade?
Mountaineering: the enigma of the Diatlov case solved: the murderer was the mountain
In 1904, a nobleman,
Pedro Pidal
, Marquis of Villaviciosa, and a shepherd who helped him in the hunts,
Gregorio Pérez
'El Cainejo', completed one of the greatest milestones in the history of climbing in Spain: the first ascent to Asturian Picu Urriellu, the symbol of the Picos de Europa, also called Naranjo de Bulnes.
They did it in a way that is not the easiest, they did it with a hemp rope as the only help, they did it in a remarkable time and they did it, according to div class = 'hidden-content signwall'>
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