Tag: mountain
Chassiv Yar – now Russia is taking Kiev’s mountain fortress into its grip
War in Ukraine Now Russia is taking Kiev’s mountain fortress Chassiv Yar into its grip Russian Pnazer in occupied Donetsk. © Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters After Bakhmut and Avdiivka, the Russians now…
Accidental death on the Watzmann: A mountain tour is not a walk in the park
The accidental death of a mountaineer on the Watzmann awakens memories of a difficult situation for our author. He could have easily avoided them. One afternoon last week, a 19-year-old…
Wangen im Allgäu: After a knife attack: four-year-old “over the mountain”
Wangen in the Allgäu After knife attack: four-year-old “over the mountain” A four-year-old girl was attacked with a knife in a supermarket in Wangen. photo © David Pichler/dpa A four-year-old…
Influencers, apps, GPS tracks: About the digitalization of mountain sports – travel
School classes in need, GPS tracks in the fall area and insensitive influencers: the smartphone, oh no, the whole digitalization is often seen as a danger for hikers and alpine…
Challenge, “YouTube video”, vocation… The rise of the influencer creates controversies and debates
“Whether it is a failure or a success, whatever happens, see you in 2024, at the foot of Mount Everest. » On February 24, 2023, Inoxtag – real name Inès…
Always at the Watzmann: Mountain rescue teams have to go on winter missions twice – Bavaria
Did the 19-year-old tourist from Finland notice what happened just three days after his daring trip to the Watzmann? If it hadn’t already become clear to him on Easter Sunday…
Influencers, jacuzzi and open bar: Has Everest become Dubai?
On social networks, alongside photos of heavenly beaches and trendy places, a new destination has also found a place among influencers’ posts: Everest. 1.3 million posts on Instagram, 123k posts…
Is mountain biking restricted in the forest?
As of: March 31, 2024 3:20 p.m The new Federal Forest Act stipulates that riding bicycles in the forest should only be permitted on roads and suitable paths. This is…
“For some small glaciers, life expectancy is less than ten years”
He focused on studying “small glaciers”, those located in the bottoms of glacial valleys in the Alps and which are “almost unknown to everyone”. Frédéric Mathieu has just launched a…
Diana Ross turns 80: No mountain was high enough – culture
Things really should have turned out differently. In the melancholy month of November of the pandemic year 2021, a new single from Diana Ross suddenly appeared. The chorus summed up…