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EVEREST 2008: Protests, Confusion, and Bribes Pave Way For Olympic Torch R
2008-03-13 20:01:00 The North side of Mt. Everest has been locked down by China’s Red Curtain until May 10th. The South (Nepal) side is still up for grabs, but for long how can be anyone’s guess. Confusion and uncertainty is running rampant not only through the climbing communities, but also around the international circles. Many people ...
By: The Adventurist
I Shall NEVER Set Foot on Annapurna again?
2008-03-04 06:59:00 These words are coming from Australian climber Andrew Locke in a very interesting interview conducted with MountEverest.net. Andrew Locke is two summits away from joining an elite group of climbers–those who have climbed all 14, 8,000 meter peaks–his final two peaks could come this year. Andrew goes on to talk about his experiences, not only on ...
By: The Adventurist
Cho Oyu 2007: More on the Daring Rescue Yesterday
2007-10-05 06:13:00 EverestNews has posted the Expedition notes from 7Summits concerning the climber who fell and broke his leg yesterday–and the daring rescue that ensued. If you want to read more on this event, flip down a couple posts and you will see it posted on The Adventurist. This is a late post, but thought I would bring ...
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First 2007 Fall Season Himalayan Summit: Mountain Madness on Cho Oyu
2007-09-26 18:53:00 Mountain Madness has been given credit for the first successful summit of the 2007 Fall Himalayan climbing season. The Mountain Madness team successfully reached the summit of Cho Oyu on September 23 at 11:00 am. From Mountain Madness “We reached the plateau at 7:30 a.m but the snow was so deep that it took Thumba, Gonga and ...
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The Adventurist Welcomes ExplorersWeb With a Call to Action
2007-05-23 23:50:00 I would just like to take a minute to welcome everyone stopping by from ExplorersWeb. As always, it is nice to be mentioned on such a great site and in turn, I am hoping all of you find something of interest here as well. ExplorersWeb has seemingly taken an interest in an article I wrote awhile back ...
By: The Adventurist
Sherpa Climbing Legend, Pemba Doma, Dead at 37
2007-05-22 20:11:00 Some tragic news coming from Lhotse today. The Sherpa community has lost one their dear climbing legends, Pemba Doma Sherpa. Pemba Doma Sherpa was a two time Mt. Everest Summiter. She completed her first ascent of the world’s tallest mountain on May 19, 2000, climbing up the North Ridge Route. Two years later, on May 16, ...
By: The Adventurist
Everest 2007 Update: Summits, Summits, and More Summits
2007-05-21 21:39:00 Yesterday I posted an Interview with David Tait as well as Alan Arnette’s BIG Announcement–both of these items were pretty big news. I didn’t post my usual update yesterday with all the previously mentioned stuff going on…so guess what. That means this is going to be one HUGE update covering the events that has been ...
By: The Adventurist
Everest 2007 Update: Summits and Death on Everest
2007-05-16 19:18:00 Everyone knew that lastnight was going to be as busy or busier than the night before on the world’s highest mountain. Here is a rundown to get everyone up to date on the happenings on Mt. Everest lastnight. Sadly, Three People Have Died It is being widely reported that there were a few deaths on Everest lastnight. ...
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The Adventurist: Double Exposure
2007-04-29 03:30:00 It has been brought to my attention that this site, “The Adventurist”, is once again being mentioned in a couple of different places around the climbing community. As always, it is a great honor to be recieving recognition for something that is so enjoyable to do–as well as to know that I do have so many ...
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Responsibility and Death on Everest: A Response Comes In?
2007-04-26 20:06:00 Yesterday I posted an editorial titled “Responsibility and Death on Everest”. I am not going to go back and rehash what was said, but I will let you click the title and read it for yourselves. It seems like this issue is drawing some interest here as well as possibly opening up further dicussions in the ...
By: The Adventurist
BREAKING NEWS! MT. EVEREST CLAIMS FIRST LIFE OF 2007. UPDATED 12:13 pm 04
2007-04-26 17:37:00 It is being reported today, April 26, 2007, that Mt. Everest has claimed it’s first life of 2007. Details are still sketchy at this moment as this story is just beginning to break, but it seems that a sherpa has been killed on Mt. Everest while making his way to camp 3 on the Everest’s famed South ...
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Gavin Bate?s Cho Oyu Bid Ends
2007-04-24 23:59:00 Gavin Bate’s bid to summit Cho Oyu in preparation for an Everest summit bid has ended. ExplorersWeb is reporting that Gavin is due back in Kathmandu on April 25 and from there he will be leaving for Everest BC. Gavin was climbing Cho Oyu with a team from Adventure Alternative. The team had made it as ...
By: The Adventurist
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