A man from Glasgow won a big climbing award after almost dying on a trip a few years ago.
Tim Miller, who is 27 years old, began climbing mountains in his area, and then started tackling dangerous and unknown mountains in different parts of the world.
He won a big award, like a mountain-climbing Oscar, for reaching the top of a mountain in Nepal that no one had climbed before.
Tim was the first person to climb the very steep and dangerous route.
The mountain peak, which is 21,532 feet (6563 meters) high, was climbed without using extra air, ropes already in place, or help from Sherpa guides. This type of climbing is called “Alpine style. ”
Tim achieved this just a few years after he was caught in a deadly avalanche that killed his friend Christian Huber in 2018.
Excavate up to the top.
During camping in Pakistan’s Ultar Sar mountain, the group was covered by six feet of snow at a height of 19,300ft (5883m).
“It was a small avalanche, but it buried us because we were lying on the bottom of our tent,” he said. “I was on the opposite side of the tent, so I couldn’t reach them. ”
Tim chewed through the tent and dug his way out, but his friends didn’t come out with him.
He saved Bruce’s life while climbing, but when he found Christian, he was already dead.
Bruce and Tim found their equipment and stayed in their damaged tent for two days. They waited for the weather to get better before a helicopter from the Pakistani military rescued them and took them to safety.
“Everything happened so fast,” Tim said. “I didn’t notice it right away because I was too busy looking for things like food, water, and shelter to stay alive. ”
“When I realized what had happened, I saw how scared my mom, dad, and girlfriend were. ” But it helped me see how important it is for me to improve and move forward.
“When I think about it now, it feels like I’m reading a story about someone else in a book. ”
‘In a flow’ means moving smoothly and continuously.
Tim told BBC Scotland that he learned a lot from his experience and now always plans carefully before going on a climb.
“It can be scary sometimes, but I feel more stressed when I’m not on the mountain and my phone starts making noise,” he said.
“When you’re in the mountains, you feel really good, and I find it difficult to go back to regular life. ”
Tim met famous climber Paul Ramsden for the first time while hitchhiking back home to Glasgow after climbing Ben Nevis. They ended up becoming partners and won an award for their climb.
The two friends stayed in contact and carefully planned their trip up Jugal Spire for a long time before finally going on the eight-day expedition in the spring of 2022.
He said that there are only a few mountains that no one has climbed yet. It takes a lot of effort to find these mountains by searching books and Google Earth. The mountains remain unknown until someone actually climbs them.
The weather was bad during the whole trip, with rain, hail, and snow almost every day. Also, at the end of the trip, an avalanche destroyed the tent.
The two had to cover themselves with the fabric and they slept in a small cave for one night.
Tim got frostbite while climbing up the icy steep rock, but he thought the journey was “really great”.
“You’re hanging off a mountain where people aren’t supposed to be and tied to some equipment on a rock,” he said. “It feels like being on the planet Mars. ”
He began climbing with his mom and dad when he was young and it made him really excited about it. Then he got his first job at the Glasgow Climbing Centre in Ibrox.
Now Tim is a mountain guide and leads groups of people up mountains. He is going to Greenland, Iceland, and Nepal next year.
“I am very happy to get a Piolet d’Or, but I didn’t start climbing to win awards,” he said. The prize is getting to go to places no one has been before and having an adventure.
“During an expedition, you only focus on reading, chatting, and climbing for six weeks. ”
“In order to be alert, you need to take a break and relax. ” Everything you do has results, so you have to concentrate completely. “It’s unlike anything else. “
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Mountain Climber honoured after being buried by deadly avalanche
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Post Malone aids Glasgow singer pay house deposit
A singer based in Glasgow was left astonished when renowned US rapper Post Malone generously contributed to his house deposit fund.
Gregor Hunter Coleman was entertaining the crowd at Wunderbar in Glasgow when the acclaimed artist unexpectedly entered the establishment after one of his shows.
Throughout the evening, the duo exchanged melodies and engaged in conversation, forging an unexpected connection. As the night progressed, Post Malone astounded Mr. Coleman by presenting him with a monetary gift towards the deposit he had diligently been saving for.
Post Malone had graced the city during his Twelve Carat tour, captivating audiences at the Hydro with his mesmerizing performances.
Amidst his regular performance at the city center venue, news reached Mr. Coleman that the esteemed American rapper would be in attendance, leading to an unforgettable encounter that exceeded all expectations.
Image caption,Mr Coleman said speaking to Post Malone was “just like chatting to one of your pals” As he finished his set, the singer was invited over to meet the award-winning artist, who told him he’d “smashed it”.
Mr Coleman told BBC Scotland: “He said, do you want a drink? I was like, listen, I’m saving for a house so I’m not drinking just now. Which was daft, my mates were, like, why did you turn down a drink from Post Malone?”
The rapper, who is known for songs such as Rockstar and Sunflower, said he respected Mr Coleman’s decision and instead invited him to sing at his concert’s official afterparty.
“He started saying, how much will you charge? I said nothing, it’s Post Malone, this is the chance of a lifetime.
“He got talking to me and he offered to help me out with my house deposit.”
Mr Coleman described the encounter as “bizarre”.
The singer did not reveal how much the star donated, but did say: “There were things going around saying he’d bought me a house. Obviously this has helped towards me now having a deposit.”
Image caption,Gregor has been gigging in Glasgow for a decade Post Malone also passed on his number to the Glaswegian singer, offering to listen to some of his original work.
Mr Coleman is now focused on sending his work on to the American, while he “still remembers having the conversation”.
He added: “There’s a pressure now that I need to get good songs done, I need to get something happening with it rather than just being, like, I met Post Malone and back to the pub.
“Hopefully he’s still interested and he still wants to hear them and he likes them. If not then it’s back to the drawing board.”
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COP27: Rishi Sunak urges global push on ‘clean growth’
The fight against climate change can become “a global mission for new jobs and clean growth”, Rishi Sunak will tell world leaders at the COP27 summit.
The prime minister will also say it is essential nations stick to commitments made at COP26 in Glasgow a year ago.
The UN’s climate change chief said a key aim to limit global temperature rises is “still within reach”.
Mr Sunak is making his first outing on the international stage in Egypt after becoming UK PM last month.
He arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday night and will join other world leaders at the UN summit, including US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Mr Sunak will unveil more than £200m funding to protect forests and for green technologies in developing nations.
He reversed a decision not to attend COP27 earlier this week after a backlash from opposition MPs and campaigners. He initially declined the invite as he said he was too busy preparing the November budget.
In his opening address on Monday, Mr Sunak will urge global leaders to “move further and faster” to avoid the worst impact of climate change by limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
He will say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “reinforced” the importance of ending dependence on fossil fuels, but will argue the move can give a boost to new green industries.
“The world came together in Glasgow with one last chance to create a plan that would limit global temperature rises to 1.5C. The question today is: can we summon the collective will to deliver on those promises?” he will say.
“By honouring the pledges we made in Glasgow, we can turn our struggle against climate change into a global mission for new jobs and clean growth. And we can bequeath our children a greener planet and a more prosperous future.”
Mr Sunak will also meet French President Mr Macron at the conference, where the topic of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats is likely to be raised. The prime minister has said reducing the number of crossings is a “key priority”.
Downing Street said Mr Sunak will announce a further £65.5m for the clean energy innovation facility which provides grants to researchers and scientists in developing countries working on clean technologies – from biomass-powered refrigeration in India to lithium-ion batteries in Nigeria.
It said the UK will also commit £90m for conservation in the Congo Basin rainforest, and £65m to support indigenous and local communities.
But Labour’s Ed Miliband said Mr Sunak “had to be dragged kicking and screaming” to go to the summit and it was “implausible for him to claim the mantle of climate leadership”.
The shadow climate change secretary said the government should drop plans to issue more licences for North Sea exploration and end its opposition to onshore wind.
As COP27 got under way, the UN itself warned that meeting the critical target of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C would take an “extraordinary effort”.
“The science tells us that is it still within reach,” said the UN’s new climate chief, Simon Stiell. “We cannot lift the pressure.”
Speaking to the BBC World Service’s Newshour programme, Mr Stiell said just 29 states had strengthened their climate pledges since last year, which was “not enough”.
His remarks came after the UN’s weather and climate body released a report showing that the rate at which sea levels are rising has doubled since 1993.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres described the report as a “chronicle of climate chaos” and urged governments at COP27 to answer the planet’s “distress signal” with “ambitious, credible climate action”.
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Vulnerable countries increasingly being hit by extreme storms, floods and droughts, such as Pakistan’s devastating flooding this year
Global temperatures have risen 1.1C and are heading towards 1.5C, according to the UN’s climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
If temperatures rise 1.7 to 1.8C above 1850s levels, the IPCC estimates that half the word’s population could be exposed to life-threatening heat and humidity.
Rich countries are also falling short in providing the finance needed to help developing nations adapt to a changing climate and develop cleanly, the UN has warned.
But Mr Stiell said the conference was off to a “hopeful start” after developing nations successfully lobbied to put on the agenda the thorny issue of “loss and damage”.
This debate revolves around compensation money paid by wealthy countries to the states worst affected by climate change.
Speaking to the BBC, David Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, said bigger nations needed to “come good with their nationally-determined contributions”.
Highlighting China, India, Mexico, Indonesia and Brazil, Mr Panuelo said there are “many countries that need to come forward with… commitments to help meet this challenge that global communities are facing now”.
Source: BBC