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Summits on Makalu?More Summits on Dhaulagiri
2008-05-13 05:45:00 The Himalayan climbing season is running full speed ahead. The Adventure Blog tipped me off to a special Himalayan update posted on MountEverest.net with some of the latest news concerning peaks other than Mt. Everest. Here’s a quick wrap: Makalu Spanish climber Juanito Oiarzabal, along with his climbing Sherpa Pasang Nuru and Roberto Rojo, topped ...
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Rafael Guillen Dies on Dhaulagiri
2008-05-05 19:47:00 Reports are still a bit sketchy on this incident, but reports are beginning to come out that Rafael Guillen, a Spanish climber with the Himalaya Maestrat Expedition on Dhaulagiri, has suffered a tragic fall while trying to help a teammate to safety. From ExWeb: While details are still sketchy, it seems Rafael fell to his death while ...
By: The Adventurist
Many Summits on Dhaulagiri in Storm Conditions
2008-05-01 19:42:00 Many climbers have made the summit on Dhaulagiri today–others have been forced back due to storm conditions. Most that have made the summit are back to Camp 3, but others are still fighting through the weather to make to safe ground. This is a pretty dangerous situation right now. Climbers have reported ...
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Martin Minarik Makes First 8,000 Meter Summit of Year on Dhaulagiri?and a N
2008-04-26 07:41:00 EverestNews is reporting that Martin Minarik made a successful summit push up to the top of Dhaulagiri on April 23 and is now back in Dhaulagiri Basecamp. His Solo ascent began at 7,000 meters without the help of any kind of support. He topped at at 8pm local time. Minarik’s summit is quite possibly ...
By: The Adventurist
Appaled around Dhaulagiri in Nepal
2007-10-16 00:00:00 Description of the Wild and intense Dhaulagiri trek in Nepal. Why expedition teams need to be fully prepared before heading to this region of Nepal.
The Next Big Thing: The Adventurist Teams Up With Adventure Sports Weekly
2007-08-10 21:05:00 The old saying goes –when opportunity knocks, you had better answer the door. Well, in a sense I have answered the door. A couple of days ago Editor Wina Sturgeon from Adventure Sports Weekly contacted myself and was interested in discussing what I do here at The Adventurist. After a lengthy discussion about our sites, our ...
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$5000 Charge for Wilderness Rescue Ignites Debate?Again.
2007-06-21 18:40:00 A Kansas man has been billed $5000 for a wilderness rescue after he injured his ankle while hiking along a steep hillside. This debate has been raging for well over a year now–whether or not people in the wilderness, when accidents happen, should be liable to pay for their rescue. Kansas is only one of a number ...
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BREAKING NEWS: DHAULAGIRI AVALANCHE CLAIMS RICARDO VALENCIA AND SANTIAGO S
2007-05-14 05:08:00 ExplorersWeb has posted that Ricardo Valencia and Santiago Sagaste were killed today in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri. The avalanche occured at Camp 2 as the spanish expedition, the only expedition still at Dhaulagiri, were waiting out a storm at Camp 2 to proceed to the summit– The Avalanche swept down as Valencia and Sagaste were in their ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Dhaulagiri Claims Life of Italian Climber Sergio Dalla Longa
2007-05-01 13:35:00 ExplorersWeb is reporting the tragic news today that Italian Climber Sergio Dalla Longa has perished on Dhaulagiri. The accident occured Sunday, April 29, 2007, after Sergio had climbed within meters of the famed Dhaulagiri summit. He slipped on the icy surface and subsequently hit his head in the fall resulting in his death. Sergio Dalla Longa was climbing ...
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Dhauligiri Summiter, Jorge Egocheaga, Evacuated from Basecamp
2007-04-30 21:47:00 The Second Dhauligiri Summiter this season, Jorge Egocheaga, has been medically evacuated from Dhauligiri Basecamp. His evacuation came about after he was hit by an avalanche and subsequently fell into a crevasse while descending. The Avalanche and the fall into the crevasse wasn’t the reason for the Medic Evac though. It seems that during his journey ...
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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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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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Spanish Climber Inaki Ochoa claims Dhaulagiri Summit, Himilayan Summit Push
2007-04-26 17:16:00 Spanish climber Inaki Ochoa claimed the first summit of Dhaulagiri this season with his partner climber Jorge Egocheaga claiming the second, thirty minutes later. Romanian climber Horio Colibasanu was traveling with the pair but had to descend due to health reasons. The two set off yesterday from BC and had made their summit by 3 pm local time ...
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