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Video slideshow from summer in Caucasus and climbing Mt. Elbrus
2008-02-08 20:35:00 A short slideshow from the trip I took last summer (2007) together with my father and a bunch of other blokes to Caucasus, Russia. We did manage to climb Mt. Elbrus (5642m) eventually.
Apple iPhone on Elbrus - 4100m above sea level
2007-12-15 00:00:00 December, 6th - the date when Apple iPhone has appeared on Elbrus (height - 4100 meters above sea level). Big respect to a few Russian guys from web resource - iPhones.ru. Guys have managed to check its serviceability. Dawn it works perfectly? Guy from iPhones.ru have shooted this amazing picture ...
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
$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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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