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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... Trip to Antarctica
" WELCOME to Antarctica where, in the words of expedition leader Greg Mortimer, the weather is "filthy." The wind is blowing at 50 knots, the sea is grey and angry, and the wind-chill factor is estimated... Ice Warriors Not Give Up-Himountain Winterexpedition to Broadpeak
“Ice Warriors” not give up. HiMountain winter expedition to Broad Peak - 2008/09. The eighties are long gone but a warrior’s soul never dies: The tough bunch of climbers who wrote the coolest pages of... VI KFG - 6th Krakow Mountain Film Festival. VI edycja Krakowskiego Festiwalu ...
Mark your calendars! 5th to 7th December 2008 in Krakow, Poland. VI KFG - 6th Krakow Mountain Film Festival.We would like to invite you to the biggest annual mountaineering event in Poland - the 6th Krakow...Millionaire Richard 'Lord British' Garriott Docks with International Space St...
Richard Garriott, a visionary game designer, just couldn't resist adding the word 'astronaut' to his list of feats. Not enough to almost single-handedly make popular the massively multiplayer and role playing... Climbing Brandberg Mountain in Namibia
On the 6th of July Kobus Alberts, Steffen Oesterle, Volker Mohrholz and Toralf Heene started the climb to Königstein.We left at 14:00, with the aim to overnight in the area near to Springbokwasser. (Just to... Race to rescue British woman injured in remote part of Russia
A 20 year old British woman has been injured in a remote part of Siberia. She was there studying the forest as a zoology student."An alert beamed 3,700 miles around the world has sent rescuers to the aid of a British woman injured in the remote forests of eastern Russia.The...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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151 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Siberian seabed has methane leak
Is a Seabed a fancy term for waterbed ? and if so are we talking flatulence during sleep ?Cows, landfills what's next the ocean ? Methane is silently leaking everywhere."Swedish researchers working on an international mission have confirmed that methane, a potent greenhouse...
created by World_Groove | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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434 views | 20 recommendations | 5 comments
Pole trek needs last explorer
"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...Two Pakistanis Scale the 'Killer Mountain' - Nanga Parbat
Just a few days ago an Italian climber lost his life and two others were rescued by a Pakistani military helicopter from the Nanga Parbat. The notorious mountain has probably swallowed up other ambitious climbers...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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309 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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... Extreme diving - ice diving in Antarctica by Dr Lesley Thompson
Diving Medicine - Lesley ThomsonMost of my diving has been in cold water. Not just the American definition of cold water, being anything less than 18ºC, but properly cold! UK winter diving of 5-6ºC for example,...Extreme diving - ice diving in Antarctica by Dr Lesley Thompson
Diving Medicine - Lesley Thomson Most of my diving has been in cold water. Not just the American definition of cold water, being anything less than 18ºC, but properly cold! UK winter diving of 5-6ºC for... Big archaeology find in Egypt
While it has been historically difficult to get access to dig and study ruins in Egypt, a University of Chicago expedition has discovered a large administration building and silos dating back to early Egyptian... Shuttle Discovery Head Home, Mars Lander Attempts 2nd Dirt Pickup
The shuttle discovery left the International Space Station on Wednesday after delivering a giant Japanese lab and most importantly - a functioning toilet. Before returning home the Discovery astonauts will use a laser-tipped inspection boom to check the shuttle over for any...
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