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...

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...

Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos

" Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos This article will appear in a shortened version in the December, 2007, edition of Expedition News. If you're not a subscriber, subscribe now and keep up with all that is happening in the expedition world! It’s...

Everest Rocks Trekker Net

The following is a post I put together to prepare trekkers on the Love Hope Strength Foundation's Everest Rocks trek to Everest Basecamp this autumn to raise money for cancer support and research. The article gives some basic information and background on Nepal...enjoy!"Some...

Bear Grylls - Adventure...or not?

In an ongoing expose of Bear Grylls, Natalie Clarke of the Daily Mail looks into the self-proclaimed adventure man's claims. On his Discovery Channel show Man vs Wild, Grylls is seen weekly engaging in amazing feats of adventure around the world. But now these feats are...