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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... 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...Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream
"Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream Eleanor Roosevelt once said: The future belongs to thosewho believe in the beauty of their dreams.How true that statement is, and it is a message I share with audiences...A proper farewell for Francys Arsentiev
On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing... Peace at last for Sleeping Beauty
It was a tough day on May 17, 1999. After 17 years of dreaming and two months of grueling effort on the Mount Everest, I was finally on my first summit bid. It was the culmination of years of climbing, success... Motivation through Hardship
"Motivation through Hardship Sometimes, the best lessons and the strongest motivations come from our hardest experiences in life. My friend Quinn Simons and I met in college in Colorado, became fast friends, and... Valentine's Snow in Kathmandu
I always wondered when it would happen again. When I was a student in Nepal in 1993-94, I would look with amazement at the towering massifs of the Ganesh Himal and Dorje Lhakpa rising behind the forested hills of... Mount Everest's flag cloud
Here's a question I get all the time during my keynote presentations and lectures about my experiences on Everest: What is the "flag cloud" or plume one almost always sees coming from the summit of Everest and...Smart Leaders: Martin Hiller
The following is an interesting interview with Martin Hiller in the Smart Leaders series at Smart Business Online. I like a lot of what Hiller has to say, but especially the section about empowering his employees to be creative and find new solutions to tasks. This is...Jake Norton reflects on the discovery of George Mallory on Everest in 1999
I just came across this the other day - my immediate reaction on May 3, 1999, to our discovery 2 days earlier of George Mallory's remains at 27,000 feet on the North Face of Everest. I made the call in to our...Climb Your Everest
"Climb Your Everest By Jake Norton Think for a moment about a big goal or objective you accomplished in your life. Maybe it was a financial goal, a physical, emotional, or spiritual one. Maybe it was buying a new house, getting a new job, securing a new client in business,...The Summit Perspective...
"The Summit Perspective... Think for a moment about a big goal or objective you accomplished in your life. Maybe it was a financial goal, a physical, emotional, or spiritual one. Maybe it was buying a new house,...Reaching Your Resolutions
"Resolutions It's that time of year again. The New Year - 2007 - is well upon us, and many of us made our New Year's Resolutions less than a month ago. What was your resolution? Perhaps it was to make a major lifestyle change - to quit smoking, lose weight, run a marathon, or...NikonNet Feature on Jake Norton's Photography
"The NikonNet feature on me and my photography in their Inside the Image section has gone live. This section, designed to help educate photographers on technique and inspire them to take better photographs,...
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