36. “Mount Rainier is getting shorter. Here’s what is happening with WA’s highest point,” Simone Carter, The News Tribune, Oct 14, 2024, https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article293659974.html
35. “Mount Rainier Loses Summit as Climate Change Melts Iconic Glacier,” Nicholas Vincent, One Green Planet, Oct 13, 2024, https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/mount-rainier-loses-summit-as-climate-change-melts-iconic-glacier/
34. “Washington’s Mount Rainier May Be Shrinking As Ice Melts,” Dr. Russell Moul, IFL Science, Oct 11, 2024, https://www.iflscience.com/washingtons-mount-rainier-is-shrinking-as-ice-melts-76340
33. “Iconic US mountain is shrinking, scientists warn,” Alex Mitchell, New York Post, Oct 11, 2024, https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/science/iconic-us-mountain-is-shrinking-scientists-warn/
32. “A Shrinking Mountain,” Seattle University News, Oct 11, 2024, https://www.seattleu.edu/newsroom/2024/a-shrinking-mountain.php
31. “Scientists Discover Washington’s Tallest Mountain is Shrinking,” Nikki Main, The Daily Mail, Oct 10, 2024, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13942273/Scientists-discover-Washington-mount-rainer-shrinking.html
30. “Mount Rainier could have a new summit,” Bridget Chavez, King5 news, Oct 10, 2024 https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/mount-rainier-new-summit/281-b7e5b75e-529b-43d6-b118-6e0969bdd974
29. “Washington’s Tallest Mountain is Shrinking With Age,” Tom Howarth, Newsweek, Oct 9, 2024, https://www.newsweek.com/washingtons-tallest-mountain-shrinking-age-mount-rainier-1966278
28. “Mount Rainier is shrinking and now has a new summit,” Conrad Swanson, The Seattle Times, Oct 6, 2024, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/mount-rainier-is-shrinking-and-now-has-a-new-summit/
27. “It’s Not An Illusion: Mount Rainier is Shrinking,” Jessica Tucker, The Travel, https://www.thetravel.com/mount-rainier-shrinking/ , Sept 18, 2024
26. “Mount Rainier’s Melting Summit Exposes New Highest Point,” Andrew McLemore, Gear Junkie, https://gearjunkie.com/climbing/mountaineering/mount-rainier-summit-new-highest-point, Sept 17, 2024
25. “Rainier is Shorter Than We All Thought,” Allison Williams, Seattle Met, https://www.seattlemet.com/travel-and-outdoors/2024/09/mount-rainier-shorter-gps-summit , Sept 6, 2024
24. “The Line: Global Ambition,” The Line, American Alpine Journal monthly newsletter, Dougald McDonald, https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2024/8/19/the-line-the-monthly-newsletter-of-the-aaj , Aug 21, 2024
Article about Eric’s climbs of country highpoints
23. “Tiris Zemmour is the focus of the world’s attention,” Awkar Media, https://awkar.mr/ar/node/1275, May 23, 2024
Article about us reaching the highpoint of Mauritania in a regional newspaper of Mauritania.
Link to english-translated version pdf: Awkar Media Mauritania Highpoint Article
22. “Eric Gilbertson Becomes Just 3rd American to Get Snow Leopard Award,” Angela Benavides, ExplorersWeb, https://explorersweb.com/eric-gilbertson-3rd-american-snow-leopard/, Dec 1, 2023
21. “Traveling abroad isn’t all about sightseeing. Here’s how to get outdoors wherever you are,” Lila Seidman, LA Times, https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2023-11-30/getting-outdoors-abroad-safely-the-wild , Nov 30, 2023. Eric was a source for part of this article about hiking/climbing in countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mauritania, and others.
20. “Duo Claims First Ascent of Highest Peaks in All The ‘Stans,” Andrew McLemore, ExplorersWeb, https://explorersweb.com/climbing-all-seven-stans/ , Sept 12, 2023
19. “More Kangchenjunga Summits,” Angela Benavides, ExplorersWeb, https://explorersweb.com/more-kangchenjunga-summits/, June 1, 2023
18. “Twin peaks: Brothers’ mission to climb every national highpoint,” BBC Newsday interview, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dhxlyl , Nov 22, 2022
17. Radio interview on Extra Time with Paul Ross on talkSport radio, https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1668128400/1668133800/ (starts at 10:45), Nov 11, 2022
A brief interview about country highpoints Eric did for a sports radio show in the UK.
16. “K2, the world’s second-highest mountain peak, is covered in garbage,” Lise Kiennemann, The Observers, France 24, https://observers.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20221109-himalaya-k2-mountain-climbing-rubbish-pollution-environment, Nov 9, 2022
An article about K2 where Eric is quoted about his experience there in July 2022.
15. “196 countries, 196 summits – our definition of vacation isn’t lying on the beach,” Christiaan Brungger, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/eric-gilbertson-matthew-gilbertson-kletter-zwillinge-usa-hoechste-punkte-alle-laender-1.5691505 , Nov 9, 2022
Article in one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. This is an interview with Eric and Matthew about the country highpoints project
Link to translated pdf version: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Article
14. “Country Highpoints – Brothers try to be the first to reach the highest mountain in 196 countries,” Magdalena Brys, National Geographic Poland, https://www.national-geographic.pl/traveler/artykul/country-highpoints-bracia-jako-pierwsi-chca-zdobyc-najwyzsze-szczyty-gorskie-w-196-krajach?fbclid=IwAR2q3kY4TICGYz7jiXI2Y0j6O0pE6WnrkBAmCu7ropIXDuBXkqVnfjANoVg , Nov 6, 2022
Link to translated pdf version: National Geographic Poland Article
13. “Twin Peaks: brothers Matthew and Eric Gilbertson rewrite mountain record books,” Keiran Southern, The Times of London, https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/twin-peaks-brothers-matthew-and-eric-gilbertson-rewrite-mountain-record-books-khr6c8jkb , Nov 2, 2022
Link to pdf version: The Times of London Article
12. “Sometimes at Gunpoint, Twins Discover New Highpoints Around The World,” Andrew McLemore, ExplorersWeb, https://explorersweb.com/mit-bros-discover-new-highpoints/, Oct 31, 2022.
11. “Cheap travel and bribed police officers – the adventures of the climbing twins,” Christian Brunger, Tages Anzeiger, https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/billigreisen-und-geschmierte-polizisten-die-abenteuer-der-kletter-zwillinge-522430240746 , Oct 25, 2022.
National daily newspaper published in Zurich, Switzerland. Article is an interview with Eric and Matthew about the country highpoints project.
Link to translated pdf version: Tages Anzeiger Article
10. “Danish Delivery Worker Climbed the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain and was Close to Disaster: Suddenly it Rained Heavy Stones and Oxygen Bottles,” Jonas Ancher Nyeng, Fyens Stiftstidende https://fyens.dk/artikel/wolt-bud-i-odense-besteg-verdens-farligste-bjerg-og-var-t%C3%A6t-p%C3%A5-katastrofe-pludseligt-regnede-det-med-tunge-sten-og-iltflasker , Oct 22, 2022
Regional Danish newspaper published in Odense, Denmark. Article describes Eric’s and Andreas’ climb of K2.
Link to translated pdf version: Fyens Stiftstidende Article
9. “The Forgotten Mountain – Forbidden Peak,” Forest McBrian, Alpinist 79, http://www.alpinist.com/ , Sept 2022
Eric’s winter ascent of Forbidden Peak in the Cascades in Washington in Jan 2022 is mentioned in this article.
Link to pdf version: Forbidden Peak Article
8. “K2 2022: No O’s, Unsupported Summits on Broad Peak and K2 – Interview with Andreas Frydensberg and Eric Gilbertson,” Alan Arnette, The Blog on alanarnette.com, https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2022/08/12/k2-2022-no-os-unsupported-summits-on-broad-peak-and-k2-interview-with-andreas-frydensberg-and-eric-gilbertson/, Aug 12, 2022
An interview Eric and Andreas did with famous mountaineer and chronicler of 8000m peak ascents, Alan Arnette.
7. “Twins Try to Climb Highest Mountain in All 196 Countries,” Andrew McLemore, ExplorersWeb, https://explorersweb.com/climbing-highest-mountain-in-every-country-twins/, Aug 12, 2022
An article about Eric and Matthew’s country highpoint project by a climbing, exploration, and adventure site.
6. “Fastest Known Time of the Year Award 2020 – Winners Announced,” Buzz Burrell, Fastest Known Time, https://fastestknowntime.com/article/fktoy-na-2020-winners-announced-pt-1, Jan 1, 2021.
Brief description of Eric’s Rocky Mountain Slam trip, which won Fastest Known Time of the Year 3rd place award in 2020.
5. “FKT Episode 104: What route has 432,500ft of gain? Eric Gilbertson is here to tell you,” Buzz Burrell, Fastest Known Time Podcast, https://fastestknowntime.com/podcast/104-eric-gilbertson, Oct, 2020.
An interview Eric did about the Rocky Mountain Slam, a trip he did in summer 2020 to climb all the CO 14ers, WY 13ers, and MT 12ers in 60 days.
4. “Surprise – Al Sawda is not the highest peak in Saudi Arabia,” Anas Al-Yousef, Okaz, https://www.okaz.com.sa/last-stop/na/1667177 , Aug 29, 2018
Article in Okaz Newspaper, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, about our trip to survey the highpoint of Saudi Arabia.
Link to translated pdf version: Jabal Sawda Article 1
3. “Ferwa – The Highest Saudi Peak,” Arriyadiyah, https://arriyadiyah.com/611058 , Aug 28, 2018
Article in Arriyadiyah, an Arabic-language daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia.
Link to translated pdf version: Jabal Sawda Article 2
2 “Alumni have summitted the highest points of every North American country,” The Tech, MIT Newspaper, Souparno Ghosh, https://thetech.com/2016/04/08/gilbertsons-v136-n11, April 8, 2016
MIT Newspaper story about Eric and Matthew climbing the highpoints of all countries in North America.
1. “Climbing Denali: Mountaineering of a Lifetime,” James Brooks, Daily News Miner,
Part 1: https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2011-05-01/
Part 2: https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2011-05-02/
Part 3: https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2011-05-03/
Part 4: https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2011-05-04/
May 1-4, 2011
Four-part article about Denali in daily Fairbanks newspaper featuring our trip.