Three American climbers, officially declared bravest of all, as they have 
become the first in the world to conquer the Shark's Fin - a lethal 20,000ft pinnacle which is almost vertical and which has defeated numerous professional climbers, they have miraculously conquered the lethal summit.
The dare-devil trio of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk spent
11 days scaling up the jagged near vertical point on Meru Central in the Himalayas. American climbers proved lucky enough to survive the tricky heights of summit which has claimed efforts and blood of many climbers; they even managed a sleep in a hanging tent thousands of feet above the ground.
The climb was Conrad Anker's third attempt to find a route up Shark's Fin, and the second attempt for both Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk. Combining their three attempts, the trio has accumulated thirty-plus days on the mountain.
Mr Anker first tried the ascent in 2003. His team turned back two-thirds
of the way up as a result of deep, unconsolidated snow and a lack of proper equipment for the upper wall. The following year set a new highpoint on the Fin at 6100m, but descended after one of the team broke both his legs.
Anker made his second attempt with Chin and Ozturk in 2008. The team
was delayed on the climb for several days during a storm but later they progressed beyond the highpoint of Anker's 2003 attempt. But the team food supply had run short as a result of the storm and on their nineteenth day they stopped about 150 metres below summit. Chin vowed never to return.
The following year a Slovenian team attempted the same route but the weather meant they were unable to acclimatise on practise routes first. Nevertheless, they decided to press ahead. After the two-day approach the team turned aback, citing a lack of proper equipment, poor acclimatization and their alpine-style approach as mistakes for an attempt on the Shark's Fin.
After an epic 22-day climb up a near-vertical Himalayan peak, an Australian couple in their 40s took just two minutes to "fly" back to base camp and smash the world record for the highest BASE jump in history.
become the first in the world to conquer the Shark's Fin - a lethal 20,000ft pinnacle which is almost vertical and which has defeated numerous professional climbers, they have miraculously conquered the lethal summit.
The dare-devil trio of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk spent
11 days scaling up the jagged near vertical point on Meru Central in the Himalayas. American climbers proved lucky enough to survive the tricky heights of summit which has claimed efforts and blood of many climbers; they even managed a sleep in a hanging tent thousands of feet above the ground.
The climb was Conrad Anker's third attempt to find a route up Shark's Fin, and the second attempt for both Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk. Combining their three attempts, the trio has accumulated thirty-plus days on the mountain.
Mr Anker first tried the ascent in 2003. His team turned back two-thirds
of the way up as a result of deep, unconsolidated snow and a lack of proper equipment for the upper wall. The following year set a new highpoint on the Fin at 6100m, but descended after one of the team broke both his legs.
Anker made his second attempt with Chin and Ozturk in 2008. The team
was delayed on the climb for several days during a storm but later they progressed beyond the highpoint of Anker's 2003 attempt. But the team food supply had run short as a result of the storm and on their nineteenth day they stopped about 150 metres below summit. Chin vowed never to return.
The following year a Slovenian team attempted the same route but the weather meant they were unable to acclimatise on practise routes first. Nevertheless, they decided to press ahead. After the two-day approach the team turned aback, citing a lack of proper equipment, poor acclimatization and their alpine-style approach as mistakes for an attempt on the Shark's Fin.
After an epic 22-day climb up a near-vertical Himalayan peak, an Australian couple in their 40s took just two minutes to "fly" back to base camp and smash the world record for the highest BASE jump in history.
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