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22 hours ago · Adriana Brownlee has just scaled the last of the world's 14 mountain peaks which are more than 8,000m (26,247ft) high - something she said "was the most incredible moment". But even more special ...
Jul 26, 2024 · The participants in the expedition traversed through 35 high mountain passes including the tough Lamkhaga Pass situated at a height of 17,700 feet, Parang La Pass at an astounding 18,300...
- Sani Pass, KwaZulu-Natal – strictly 4X4. Described by everybody who has experienced it as the mother of all treacherous passes, the gravel pass between KwaZulu-Natal’s Underberg region and Lesotho is for experienced 4X4 drivers only.
- Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga. In Anglo-Boer War from 1899 to 1902 the ‘Long Tom’ was an artillery cannon which gave the invading British troops a hard time.
- Naudes’s Nek, Eastern Cape, 4X4. This is officially the highest dirt road mountain pass in southern Africa. Yes, the summit at 2,920 metres is even higher than the Sani Pass.
- Bainskloof Pass, Western Cape. The Bain’s Kloof Pass between the Boland towns of Wellington and Ceres snakes through an impressive ravine of rock formations and deep gorges.
Aug 26, 2020 · Recent climbers were more diverse both in gender (women = 14.6% vs. 9.1% for 1990–2005) and in age (climbers ≥ 40 = 54.1% vs. 38.7%). Strikingly, recent climbers of both sexes were almost twice as likely to summit–and slightly less likely to die–than were comparable climbers in the previous survey.
- Raymond B. Huey, Cody Carroll, Richard Salisbury, Jane-Ling Wang
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0236919
- 2020
- PLoS One. 2020; 15(8): e0236919.
Dec 27, 2023 · Winter Mountain Leader is difficult to assess as the numbers for entry are so small, but 31.59% of those who participate in winter mountaineering are women, whereas the qualification is only 16.9% female.
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both human and animal migration throughout history. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass.
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Dec 25, 2021 · The mountain pass has claimed five lives and two people have been reported as missing since migrants started using the route five years ago, said NGOs. The real number could well be higher.
