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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...High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed As any of you who visit The MountainWorld Blog know, ethics on Everest is a very important topic to me and one I've written about at length here... 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...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,...Five Questions with Professional Mountain Climber Jake Norton
"Tuesday, January 23, 2007 FQ's with Professional Mountain Climber Jake Norton Welcome to another installment of Five Questions where interesting people are asked, well, FQ's. Today's guest Jake Norton is not only...In Memoriam: Bradford Washburn, 1910-2007
In Memoriam: Bradford Washburn, 1910-2007 With great sadness I received the news this morning that Bradford Washburn, an inspirational man, climber, photographer, and academic with a resume which defies imagination, passed away last night, January 10, 2007.His dedication to...A World of Adventure
"A World of Adventure The Photography of Jake Norton Jake Norton Jake Norton first captured the world's attention with his stunning image of the 75 year old remains of famed British climber George Mallory, discovered at 27,000 feet on Everest's North Face. Since then, Jake...
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