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someguyfromcanada · 2522 days ago · link · · parent · post: The desperate attempt to save frostbitten climbers on one of the world’s highest peaks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Urubko > In 2006, he won the Elbrus Speed Climbing competition which he did by setting a new speed record, climbing from Azau station to the summit in 3 hours, 55 minutes and 58 seconds (record beaten in 2010 by Andrzej Bargiel). This climb represents a vertical rise of almost 3,250 metres or more than 10,600 feet and thus a speed of more than 800 vertical metres (2,600 vertical feet) an hour. He summited almost 40 minutes ahead of the next finisher. He is 44 years old.