A very cool trailer for the climbing film Tomorrow I Will Be Gone, but I don’t know if I could sit through a feature-length version of any bouldering video. It’s like watching video of people drinking beer, sure, I love it, but it’s not that much fun watching on TV. Not that I should complain, Outcrop Films is releasing their first feature for free online so there’s very little investment for what could turn out to be a great experience.

Yes, we’ve all read that going up Everest is glorified “snow march.” This helmet cam video from a while back shows a climber making his way over the Khumbu glacier. Put some railings up on those things! I’ve read so much ridiculous stuff about Everest that it’s become easy to forget how beautiful it can be. I hope they tipped their Sherpas well for putting up the ladders.

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While the biggest mountains and famous mountaineering teams dominate the news these climbers have worked on the comparatively less known mountain of Kangchenjunga. Filmmaker Philippe Gatta joined a team of French climbers making their way up (and down) this spectacular and dangerous mountain. The full 15-minute video he made of their expedition is on YouTube.

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Crash landing in the middle of the Alps would have indeed been a bad place to end up, it’s about the same as flying over an active volcano in terms of hopes for rescue. Fortunately everything went smoothly for Jonathan Trappe, and it should, considering he took a test run flying across the English Channel on his lawn chair. The 54-year-old spent 12 hours in the air during his crossing of the Alps. I wonder if he brought a handful of pennies to throw at some point. I know I would have.

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The LA Sheriff’s Department created a few new YouTube stars when they released this three-minute video of a rescue of some stranded hikers. The group was stuck clinging to a cliff while the helicopter lowered someone to grab them. I wonder what the rescuer yelled to the woman when he got to her, “HEY. YOU GOT CASH OR DO WE HAVE TO BILL YOU LATER FOR THIS?” For a minute I thought the helicopter was just going to blow them all off the cliff to save the trouble of collecting them.

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