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Everest 2008: Icefall Doctors, Puja Ceremonies and Acclimatization?Dispatc
2008-04-07 05:17:00
The climbers involved in the Everest Expeditions this season are well on their way to Basecamp. Many are already logging daily reports to their expedition and personal websites, and others are sending in reports through email. First up, the HobyJackson Expedition: “We are currently in Dingboche. Cant believe there is an internet cafe here now at 4,300m. ...
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 ...
Helicopter Crashes Near Mt. Everest Basecamp
2008-02-21 22:24:00
ExplorersWeb is reporting today that there has been a helicopter crash near Mt. Everest’s famed Basecamp. The Helicopter, owned by the Nepal Army, crashed near Kalapathar in the Sagarmatha National Park.  All members on board, including Army personnel and passengers, were able to escape the downed craft without serious injury. Over the years there have been ...
Harassment on the High Peak: When an Everest Guide Does You Wrong
2007-08-03 07:14:00
For many of us, coming up with the $40-50,000 to take a once in a lifetime gamble on Mt. Everest seems like a lifetime away.  What if you spent that kind of cash only to be told that you weren’t climbing?  What if you spent that kind of cash, the guide tells you “No Go”, ...
Conrad Anker and Apa Sherpa Joining Forces?
2007-07-21 16:30:00
Conrad Anker, the man who became world famous for discovering George Mallory’s body on Mt. Everest, will be teaming up with his wife and Apa Sherpa to host a special “An Everest Evening.”  This event, scheduled for August 9th will take place in Snowbird, Utah. Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for climbing Mt. Everest the ...
Lincoln Hall ?Dead Lucky? on Everest
2007-07-13 20:14:00
  Lincoln Hall Was Dead May 25, 2006 will go down as one of those days in mountaineering history where nothing seemed to be going right–but then the miracle happened.. Stranded in the death zone, 250 meters from Mt. Everest’s famed summit…Lincoln Hall was lost.  A group of Sherpas climbing with Hall made the decision to descend without ...
Free Climbing Everest?s Second Step: Controversy of Historical Proportions
2007-07-09 20:38:00
The Background  In 2007 a special expedition was undertaken to climb Mt. Everest in the same fashion–literally–a-s George Mallory and Andrew Irvine did in 1924.  This expedition was being led by Conrad Anker, the famous discoverer of George Mallory’s body on Everest in 1999. For those of you not up to date on your Everest history, Mallory ...
Alan Arnette?s Denali Health Scare and Update
2007-07-09 04:10:00
We have all been following along with my good friend Alan Arnette and his year long effort that will hopefully land him back on Mt. Everest for a third time. This past week Alan was doing a “training” climb on Mt. Denali, North America’s tallest peak.  He seen this as a stepping stone to his eventual goal–but ...
The World?s Highest Peak Rocks with Jake Norton and The Alarm
2007-07-04 03:21:00
Jake Norton from The MountainWorld Blog has informed us that he will be embarking on a photographic journey in October to Mt. Everest Basecamp–so what is so unusual about this?  His latest project could very well be the first Rock Concert ever held on Mt. Everest. Jake is teaming up with Entertainment insurance executive James Chippendale ...
$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 ...
Free-Climbing the Second Step: A New Controversy Brewing..
2007-06-19 18:45:00
In the past two weeks, numerous reports of Conrad Anker and Leo Haulding’s, successful summit of Everest have been reported. Many of you will know that Conrad Anker and Leo Haulding set out a couple weeks ago to try to prove that George Mallory could have successfully summited Mt. Everest, by doing it themselves in equipment that ...
The Road to Everest?Literally!
2007-06-19 18:18:00
Mt. Everest is set to be getting a new road.  The road, scheduled to begin construction on Monday, is being put in to place by the Chinese in an effort to help with their 2008 plans of summiting Mt. Everest with the famed Olympic Torch.  This year has already seen the Chinese make a successful practice ...
David Tait on Top of the World?The Photo
2007-06-17 06:16:00
David Tait, who I covered extensively throughout this past Mt. Everest season has finally posted a photo of himself on the summit of Mt. Everest on his Everest Expedition Blog. I had the priviledge of conducting not one, but two exclusive interviews with David–one before his attempt to make the first ever Double-Traverse of Mt. Everest and ...
Mt. Everest Pioneer, Ernest Hofstetter, Dies at 95
2007-06-09 03:55:00
Ernest Hofstetter, a leading member of a Swiss Expedition team that nearly summited one year before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first successful summit of Mt. Everest in 1953, has died. Upon Sir Edmund Hillary’s successful summit the following year, Hillary sent the swiss team a note telling them that they had done ...
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 ...
Katsusuke Yanagisawa, 71, Becomes Oldest Everest Summiter Ever!
2007-05-30 18:13:00
For the second time in two years, a Japanese climber has become the oldest climber to summit Mt. Everest. Katsusuke Yanagisawa, 71 years–2 months–and 2 days old has claimed the title after making a successful summit on May 22.  Ang Tshering, President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, has confirmed this feat.  Katsasuke beat the previous record of ...
Wim Hoff?s Everest Attempt Successful?.but Fails?
2007-05-30 07:29:00
The crazy Dutchman Wim Hoff, who was attempting to climb Mt. Everest in shorts this season, has finally been found… Ever since pictures of Wim on Mt. Everest over a month ago began to appear, I have been trying to track down his where-abouts.  I finally have some new information on the Crazy Dutchman, and as ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summit Push Winding Down
2007-05-24 14:56:00
The huge summit push to the top of the world’s highest peak is finally beginning to wind down with a major storm forecast for tomorrow. Both Basecamps are starting to empty as the vast amount of teams that have already went up are packing their bags and heading home, but that doesn’t mean all of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Alan Arnette and the BIG Announcement!!
2007-05-21 03:14:00
My good friend, Alan Arnette, has made a big announcement today.  Over the course of talking with him this past week, he has quietly given a couple of clues… Our first clue came by way of his own website a couple of days ago when Alan mentioned his climbing plans for 2007.  We will get to that ...
The Adventurist: The David Tait Interview Pt. 2, Post Everest 2007
2007-05-21 01:17:00
In March of this year, The Adventurist had the priviledge of interviewing David Tait before he set off to climb Mt. Everest.  David’s ambitions were made very clear.  He wanted to become the first person to ever “Double-Traverse” Mt. Everest in the same season.  He was well prepared.  David had summited Mt. Everest previously in 2006 ...
Everest 2007 Update: David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse, Bandits on the
2007-05-18 02:50:00
I really have some mixed emotions reporting this news today and have waited in order to get my own thoughts in line.. David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse David Tait has called off his Double-Traverse of Everest after successfully summiting from the North to the South side two days ago.  I will let David explain from his own ...
Everest 2007 Update: More Summits Being Reported as Day Three of Everest S
2007-05-17 14:06:00
Day three of the massive push to the summit is coming to an end.  These three days have seen well over 150 summits occuring both on the North Ridge Route, as well as the South Col. Reported summits today include the whole Ice8000 Expedition as well as the London School of Business Team. From the Ice8000 Expedition: Everyone ...
Everest 2007 Update: It?s a Bird..It?s A Plane?It?s Bear Grylls at 30,000
2007-05-17 04:31:00
On April 15th I posted an article about Bear Grylls and his latest exploits. It seems Bear Grylls has been working on being able to fly over the Mt. Everest summit and looking down upon it.  It seemed Crazy at first…but then I read this from a SummitClimb Expedition update..(I have to Admit that this is ...
Everest 2007 Update: Confirmation of Deaths Lastnight
2007-05-17 01:55:00
Originally there had been a little bit of confusion regarding possible deaths on Everest lastnight–the second night of a big summit push that has thus far seen well over 100 successful summits. At this time, from a few different sources, I will try to piece together what is known at this time. Originally, as I posted earlier, ...
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.  ...
Everest 2007 Update: Three Summits From North and First South Summits?
2007-05-16 05:01:00
Three Summits from the North have been confirmed at this time.  The three people involved are Carey Gibson, Dan Tebay, and Lhadpa Sherpa. Also from the South, EverestNews is reporting a pretty reliable source as saying Mountain Madness has reached the Summit by way of the South Col Route and Supersherpas aren’t far behind. Apa and Lhakpa ...
Everest 2007 Update: Mass Exodus For Summit, as Day 2 Summit Push Begins
2007-05-15 21:34:00
Day two is shaping up to be busier than today as far as Everest and the push for the summit go. From the North Side, there will possibly be another 50-60 people attempting the climb up the North Ridge Route, and from the South, many are expecting the same. Here are the teams to look for: From the North The ...
Everest 2007 Update 4: Two Canadians Reach Everest Summit
2007-05-15 18:45:00
Word is being brought down that two Canadian Climbers from Quebec, Serge Dessureault and Maurice Beausejour, have also reached the summit. ExplorersWeb is reporting that the two made it approximately a half hour apart.  They have noted that there is quite the “Log Jam” heading up to the summit today as more than 60 people are ...
Everest 2007 Update 3: Indian Army Team Lands 12 more on Everest Summit
2007-05-15 17:42:00
The Indian Army Team has confirmed that six twelve more members of it’s expedition team have made it to the top of Mt. Everest. The successful members of this team are as follows: Capt. DJ Singh Sub Marutu Khandagle Hav Balwant Singh Negi Hav Tshering Angchok Hav Amardev Bhatt Sep Sachin Patil Congratulations go out to this team as well.  They reached the ...
Everest 2007 Second Update, May 15, 2007: 50 Summits Reported Today..David
2007-05-15 17:28:00
David Tait Update David Tait has made it to lower ground on the South Side, arriving at Camp 2, along with his Sherpa Phurba Tashi, after successfully reaching the summit of Mt. Everest around 1:30 am this morning. Adventure Consultants, The team that will run David’s logistics on the South, are reporting that David and Phurba Tashi ...
Everest 2007 Update: DAVID TAIT SUMMITS, SummitClimb Summits 6..and more h
2007-05-15 12:32:00
David Tait Makes First of Two Summits!!  At 1:30 am this morning I recieved a new dispatch from David Tait. “To all you happy followers out there ? David reached the summit at about 1.30 am this morning!! Through the fierce noise of the wind, he sounded jubilant as you could imagine. Fingers crossed as he makes his ...
Mystery Everest Climbers Identified?
2007-05-13 05:06:00
A couple of days ago it was mentioned that a couple of climbers had headed off on the first South Col summit push on Mt. Everest this season. Alan Arnette and myself began a fun speculation on who the “mystery” climbers were on this summit push as no one seemed to have any information…Well, here is an update. Someone ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summit Quest is On!
2007-05-11 02:30:00
I am guessing that quite a few of my readers are  familiar with Alan Arnette’s great site, as well as Kraig’s over at The Adventure Blog.  Well both of these great sites have mentioned that there just may be a summit attempt in progress, as we speak, taking place on the South side. Alan Arnette goes ...
Everest 2007: Inside Himex Basecamp, From The Outside
2007-05-08 04:51:00
Nick Heil, a journalist for Outside magazine, has recently joined up with Russell Brice and his Himex team at Everest Basecamp and will be chronicling the Himex Everest Expedition this season for Outside magazine.  All of this is taking place in the Outside Blog. Some quick observations about Nick Heil’s Blog about this Expedition. First, is the ...
Everest 2007 Update: North Side Still Acclimatizing, South Side Getting Re
2007-05-08 02:51:00
I have been away for a couple of days due to a family emergency.  So as the process goes, I decided to head over to Alan Arnette’s great site to see what he has been reporting the past couple of days first. It seems like everything has started to take a nice “normal” pace as teams ...
TA LOEFFLER: Dream Unrealized But Life Regained
2007-05-07 23:53:00
Many of us who have been following this season’s Everest progression with all of the teams and expeditions have been going by TA Loeffler’s incredible Blog of this journey– Well after two bad bouts of sickness and losing some 25 pounds, it seems like TA has called off her bid for a chance to summit Everest. To ...
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 ...
SuperSherpas Expedition gets Visit from Jamling Norgay
2007-05-04 16:53:00
Jamling Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay–the first Everest summiter along with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953–paid a special visit to the Supersherpa Basecamp for lunch and to wish them a safe journey. Jamling Norgay also told the crew at SuperSherpa Basecamp that he would participate in a documentary that the SuperSherpa Expedition is currently working on.  This ...
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 ...
Maxut and Vissily?s Fight For Survival On Everest
2007-05-03 02:05:00
This week the two climbers from Kazakhastan, Maxut Zhumayev and Vassili Pivtsov claimed two of the first summits of Everest this season.  Their plan was to summit Everest with no O2 and unassisted, but as we are getting ready to see sometimes a plan doesn’t always work out… Maxut and Vissily began to have problems once ...
Everest 2007: Mostafa Salameh Calls it Quits
2007-05-02 02:42:00
Mostafa Salameh, The man trying to become the first person from Jordan to ever summit Everest, has called it quits. Mostafa’s attempt had generated wide spread publicity when it was learned that the reigning King of Jordan was sponsoring his expedition. Mostafa was climbing with the Mountain Madness team this season but had been battling sickness, pretty ...
Update on Roger Kehr?s Condition?.
2007-05-01 21:19:00
As many of you will know, I made a post earlier about the SuperSherpas Assistant Basecamp Manager, Roger Kehr getting evacuated from Everest.  Roger was around 14,500 ft. in elevation when his pulse dropped to 35.  The average pulse is 70 at sea level.  The scary part about this is that the higher you climb, the quicker your ...
SuperSherpas Assistant Basecamp Manager, Roger Kehr, Evacuated from Everest
2007-05-01 17:16:00
Roger Kehr, the Assistant Basecamp Manager to the SuperSherpa Expedition has been evacuated off of Everest due to health reasons. This is some disheartening news to myself, personally, as I have been in contact with Roger a few times and have gotten to know him.  He is a great guy and will be dearly missed with ...
BREAKING NEWS: SEVEN SUMMIT MT. EVEREST
2007-04-30 21:30:00
This news is coming in from all over the place right now…ExplorersWeb, Alan Arnette, The Adventure Blog and EverestNews is all reporting on the first Everest summits of the 2007 season today. First reports were that the two man team of Vassily Pivtsov and Maxud Zumaev had reached The summit of Everest at 6 pm Chinese ...
Everest 2007 Update: Dawa Sherpa Airlifted Off Everest, Camp 2 Damage and
2007-04-30 01:36:00
The South Col Route Update  Over the past couple of days many teams on the South side of Everest have been concentrating on tidying up their tents, preparing their packs for the venture higher, and in a word..resting. One thing that is being mentioned quite frequently though this weekend is the abundance of avalanches around the area. First ...
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