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Death in the mountains...Is it what you want even though...
Dougald MacDonald - a great writer, climber, and all-around guy - wrote a brilliant post yesterday about the tragic passing of climber Craig Luebben. In it, he discusses at length the commonly-heard phrase: "Well, at least he died doing what he loved."
In his post,... The Hardest Part of an Everest Expedition
July 01, 2009 The Hardest Part of an Everest Expedition NOTE: This is a blog entry I wrote during this spring's First Ascent "Return to Everest" expedition. It never ran on the blog though, so I thought I'd post it here as it speaks from the heart - or at least from my... 17-yr-old, Johnny Strange scales Mt Everest; breaks world record
On June 8th Johnny Strange, a 17-year-old high school senior, broke the world record for youngest person to climb the highest summit on every continent, the Seven Summit challenge, by scaling Mount Kosciuszko in Australia. The previous record was held by 18-year-old Samantha... Nepalese Sherpa climbs Everest for record 19th time
It is not once , not twice but nineteen times.A Napalese Sherpa climbed Highest peak of the world 19 times. He is on mission to clean the garbage dumped by the mountaineers.What anybody achieves by conquering the... Mount Everest Cricketers Break World Record
Two teams of cricketers have played in the world's highest cricket match - on the side of Mount Everest. A 50-strong group made the trek to the Himalayas to set the world record for a field sport played at the... British doctor drops trousers on Everest
At 27,559ft in winds blowing above 20-knots a British doctor drops his trousers not out of any sexual need to expose his privates to the elements on the highest mountain in the world but in the name of medical... Skydivers complete Everest leap
The crazy mountainers have made different kind of record related with tallest peak of the world, Mt Everest.It is an extreme of adventerism,Himalaya is alraedy facing the threat of tourist pollution, and now this... Skydivers set for new heights over Everest: Dont spoil the Himalaya for thrill
" At least 34 skydivers from 14 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand plan to jump from an aircraft flying 465 feet above the Everest summit on Oct. 2. Hurtling past... Snow capped Everest turning into rocky mountain
The glacier cover in mountain regions worldwide has decreased significantly in recent years as a result of warming trends, according to a latest report conducted by the International Center... Routes to climb Mount Everest - part 2.Drogi do celu. cz.2. /Version polish a...
The one of the normal routes to climb Mount Everest : North Col - North East Ridge Route Base Camp: 17,000ft — ABC: 21,300ft — Camp 1: 23,000ft — Camp 2: 24,750ft — Camp 3: 25,600ft — Camp 4: 27,400ft...Vote for Dave Hahn for the ESPY!!
OK, if the truth be known, I don't get ESPN, nor do I pay much attention to sports - or TV for that matter. But today it came to my attention that my good friend, Dave Hahn, has been nominated for an ESPY. What...Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight.
"Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight. (I planned to write, well, finish and post, my thoughts on Mallory & Irvine's summit day today, but it needs a bit more work, and frankly I've been swamped. So, that'll have to wait till next week. But, in the...Scenes of Nepal-2, expo in Paris from 16 July for 1 month
The venue for the exhibitions is; Sagarmatha Restaurant, 2, rue François Mouthon 75015 ParisUS climber scales Everest for 10th time
An American national David Hahn, 46, of Taos, New Mexico, have become the first non Nepalese climber to reach Mount Everest for tenth time. The record for largest number of climbs of the world's highest mountain is held by Appa, a Sherpa guide who earlier this month...Everest record old news for Japanese climber, 75
A Japanese elderly mountaineer Yuichiro Miura in his 76 yrs had scaled the Mount everest and set the record of oldest mountaineer. He broke the record of Nepalese Min Bahadur Sherchan, who had scaled the...
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