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Storm Over Everest: Your Thoughts
2008-05-16 07:11:00 Check Out the Complete Coverage of Everest 2008, Now Taking Place. I recently had the opportunity to watch the PBS Special Frontline: Storm Over Everest. I have to say that it surprised me how well this all came together. David Breashears, who directed and produced this documentary, done a wonderful job of representing what ...
By: The Adventurist
?I was supposed to be laying out the ropes that will be used by expeditions
2008-03-26 08:45:00 Rumors have been flying about Russell Brice over the last couple of weeks. Russell has not spoken out at all in regards to the situation in Tibet–his own expeditions–or even the rumor that he may be helping the chinese with their olympic torch run up the north. I have been contacting people in regards to ...
By: The Adventurist
EVEREST 2008: Nepal Slams the Door?Follows Tibet with Everest Closure
2008-03-15 06:01:00 Earlier this week Chinese officials sent out a memo to climbers wanting to attempt Mt. Everest this season. That memo effectively shut down any prospects of teams trying to summit from the northern Tibetan side of Mt. Everest. Today Nepal has followed suit with their own restrictions. I mentioned a couple of days ago ...
By: The Adventurist
The Adventure Blog Takes a Look at Everest 2: Beyond the Limit
2007-11-01 01:03:00 The Adventure Blog has put up a nice review covering the first episode of Everest 2: Beyond the Limit. He says most of the first episode was climber introductions and getting to basecamp. I posted the climber biographies of everyone taking part in this season’s series yesterday, but if you didn’t catch it, you can by ...
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The Adventurist Joins Rock & Ice Magazine?s Bloggers Brawl
2007-10-15 02:51:00 Rock & Ice Magazine is currently running their first annual Blogger’s Brawl writing contest. I have decided to jump into the running by submitting a piece I wrote awhile back. Not really sure if I have a chance at winning one of the top three prizes, all selections of shoes and boots from La Sportiva–but, you ...
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The Adventurist Sparks a Nerve?.Twice?And You Speak Out!
2007-05-30 19:22:00 This past week has seen two pretty controversial pieces here at The Adventurist take center stage. The first one titled “David Sharp HAD to Die” was recently mentioned on ExplorersWeb and has seen well over 2,000 people stopping by to check it out in the past few days alone. The David Sharp issue continues to be a ...
By: The Adventurist
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
Everest 2007 Update: More Details on Two Rescues As Well As Another Missin
2007-05-23 17:25:00 Yesterday, I reported on two High Altitude Rescues taking place. One was of a Nepalese Woman who had been stranded on the South Balcony, supposedly left behind by her team. I now have more details on this incident. I recieved an anonymous tip yesterday identifying the climber as Usha Bista. I have held on to this ...
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Everest 2007 Update: Two High Altitude Rescues, More Summits, and a Possib
2007-05-22 21:47:00 Over the past day, two amazing rescues have occured at high-altitude, one each on the North and the South. One rescue is cause for concern though, as we will see: Female Nepali Climber Abandoned at 27,500 Feet An Unknown female climber with the Democratic Nepal Everest Expedition was seemingly left for dead by her own team near ...
By: The Adventurist
ExplorersWeb Taking a Stand?The Adventurist: A Call for Change
2007-05-04 18:02:00 ExplorersWeb has published a very strong editorial today about people dying on Everest…Here is a question they pose: “The questions is though, how many times will we have to witness a Kazakh, a Pole, a Spaniard or any other of the world’s foremost climbers rescue people in the death zone while we keep hearing amateur climbers ...
By: The Adventurist
David Sharp HAD to Die on Everest
2007-05-03 17:17:00 People die on Mt. Everest. That is a fact. In fact until the last few years the statistic was that for every four people to make the summit, one would die. In recent times (the 2007 Everest climbing season involves close to 1,000 individuals) that number has grown to one in twenty. Last season brought 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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Responsibility and Death on Everest: An Adventurist Editorial
2007-04-25 21:46:00 I am finding something a little bit disturbing as the 2007 Everest climbing season takes shape. First, I am going to post three little snippets and then I will go in to more detail: “Gazing up at the Col we were mesmerized by the slow train of “black dots”, gasping their way higher - sometimes so ...
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Sir Edmund Hillary: Your Thoughts, Your Prayers
2007-04-25 01:15:00 It is being widely reported today that Sir Edmund Hillary has been injured in a fall. Sir Hillary was the first person, along with his climbing sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to summit Mt. Everest. It has been noted that Hillary is not suffering “Life-Threatening”- injuries and that his progress is going well. Hillary is 87 years old ...
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Everest 2007?April 18, 2007?North Ridge Route
2007-04-19 03:34:00 Everest 2007 North Ridge Route Update David Tait is continuing his treks to higher levels. He continues to be trailed by the Discovery Team which seems to have David as it’s focus at this point. David has given them a couple of interviews, but continues to acknowledge that he feels they are hampering his attempts at ...
By: The Adventurist
36 Hours of Hell: The Struggle for David Sharp on Everest
2007-03-24 05:23:00 David Sharp made international news last year on Mt. Everest. He braved the mountain alone and he died on the mountain alone, all while countless people passed him by on their own bid for the Everest Summit. The story of the events and details of the 36 hours pertaining to this tragedy are kind of like ...
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