🏔️ Everest drop, Moab BASE and the Hardest Inbounds Runs on Earth

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StokedAF

Nov 13, 2025

This week we’ve got Patagonia spires, Everest descents, and Europe going full Stone Age!

If it involves exposure, vert, or questionable decision-making — it’s here!

Welcome to another week of mountain mayhem. 🤘

But first… some cliffside drama in Moab…

🧗‍♂️ Cerro Torre: First Summit of the Season

📍 Patagonia, Argentina

Two teams hit the final pitch of the Ragni Route at once — chaos, joy, and some of the boldest photos we’ve ever seen.

Think rime-ice mushrooms, vertical madness, and shared summit euphoria.

🇵🇱 Get the Polish perspective →

🎿 Skiing Everest — No Oxygen, Don’t Fall!

📍 Himalaya

Andrzej Bargiel just climbed and skied Everest oxygen-free — Base Camp to Base Camp. First time ever!

Sixteen hours in the death zone (above 8,000m), summit at nightfall, then straight into a 9,000-foot descent down the South Col route.

His brother Bartek flew a drone through the Khumbu Icefall to guide him home. Unreal.

🎥 Watch: Skiing Everest on YouTube →

🧠 Bonus Read: Not everyone is impressed. Is Hans Kammerlander a
curmudgeon or justified critic?

🏃‍♂️ Kilian Jornet’s Month of Madness

Dude biked between the 72 highest US peaks, ran up and down them, stacked 5,145 km and 123,000 m of vert — all in 31 days. 🤯

Basically did a marathon and a Tour de France stage every day for a month.

Perspective: last year he tagged all 82 Alps 4,000ers in 19 days. Absolute alien.

📈 iRunFar – Full Breakdown

🗞️ The Guardian – Andy Cochrane’s Candid Take

❄️ Peak Authenticity: Ice Age is Back

📍 Ötztal, Tyrolean Alps

Three nutters have hiked the Alps Stone-Age style — furs, hides, flint tools and all. Because why wear Gore-Tex when you can suffer historically?

Call it alpine cosplay or Pleistocene-core, but the stoke’s undeniable. These guys didn’t just touch grass — they touched permafrost. 🪓🧊

🪓 Get into the Paleo spirit →

📸 Photos: palaeotechnik.eu

🏂 Legacy Lines — Jeremy Jones Rides with His Kids

📍 Tahoe, USA

TGR flips the script from high-stakes descents to heartfelt turns. Watch Jeremy Jones and his kids, Mia and Cass, shred Tahoe’s backyard terrain — the place where it all began.

For Jeremy, it’s not just another line — it’s a passing of the torch. A lesson in snow safety, humility, and pure love for the mountains.

🎥 Watch the family affair →

♦♦ 🎿 The Mag 7 — Hardest Inbounds Runs on Earth

Cuz everybody needs a list!

The Magnificent 7 of the most exxxtreme inbound ski runs. How many have you done?

🎥 See the full list →

⚡ Bonus News ⚡

💀 Near-Death experience at sea
3 men adrift in the void for 2 days — and the unreal strength that kept them alive. 🌊 Read on Tuoi Tre News

🐋 The white whale returns
A rare albino humpback born in Tonga last year just resurfaced in Australian waters. 👀 Watch the incredible footage!

🧗‍♂️ Ondra’s flash of Greenspit (8a+)
Six minutes of pure pain — the hardest crack climb in Europe gets the Ondra treatment. 🎥 Watch the send

🏔️ Can’t stop these guys — New Ascents in Pakistan
Piolet d’Or–winning Americans add bold new routes in the Karakoram. 🗞️ ExplorersWeb Story

📚 Long Reads FTW

🧗‍♂️ The Nose? No thanks
Crowds, noise, garbage… sometimes the classic El Cap climb isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. 🗞️ Read on UKClimbing

📖 Suicide and Pirates
Heartfelt memoir in The Climbing Zine explores father-son bond forged on granite walls — reflecting on risk, resilience, and the legacy of shared adventure. Poetic, raw, unflinching. 🗞️ Read the full essay

🌍 The Nomad Spirit
Kyrgyz horses, eagle hunters, and the wildest sporting event you’ve never heard of. 🗞️ Read on Where & Wander

📖 The Enduring Wild
A road-tripper sets out to explore America’s “leftover” lands — the 245 million acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management. A love letter to overlooked wilderness — and a reminder that public lands belong to all of us. 🗞️ Read it here