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The North Face Isabella First Ascent Sp. Edition Backpack (Women?s) $34.97
2008-03-08 20:35:00 Rocky Mountain Trail has The North Face Women’s Isabella First Ascent Special Edition on sale for a low $34.97. Originally $64.97, this 1200 cu in. capacity daypack features a special edition design, mesh side water pockets, and is sized specifically for a women’s fit.Ongoing Rocky Mountain Trail Promo - Save an additional 10% with code ...
The North Face Long Sleeve First Ascent Crew (Men?s) - $29.97
2007-12-17 02:00:00 Great Gift Idea - Altrec.com has The North Face Men’s Long Sleeve First Ascent Crew on sale for $29.97. Available in 3 colors (Moonlight Ivory - Everest, Alloy Grey - Denali, and Cargo Green - El Capitan), this long-sleeve T-shirt’s design commemorates the first ascents of some of the world’s most famous climbs. It also ...
Russian Mastery Leads To Another First Ascent
2007-09-12 23:46:00 You have to give those Russian climbers credit this year. They have been all over the place. A couple weeks back a team of Russian climbers made the first ever K2 West Face summit and now there is forthcoming word that a team of Russians have now made the first ascent of Shingu Charpa’s East ...
By: The Adventurist
The Adventurist: A Historical Momment Captured in Russian Mountaineering H
2007-09-06 14:15:00 I recently featured an article on the historical K2 West Face summit by the Russian team of Andrew Mariev and Vadim Popovich. This was the first summits ever from the West Face of K2. Checking over where my readers were coming from today, I ran in to a pleasant surprise– It seems that the Russian Team’s expedition ...
By: The Adventurist
Tony Lamiche makes first ascent of ?San ku Kai? 9a
2007-08-27 18:04:00 Tony Lamiche has made the first ascent of ?San ku Kai? 9a a route bolted by Yann Ghesquiers in Entraigues, Briançon. The route contains 20 moves in a big overhanging wall. About the grade Tony said "If it?s not 9a it cannot be less". This interview was done...
First West Face K2 Summits?EVER! Mariev and Popovich Capture Historical Fi
2007-08-22 01:35:00 Andrew Mariev and Vadim Popovich have claimed the first summits of K2’s West Face. After spending weeks of battling the weather and days bunkered down in the dreaded Death Zone, the two finally made contact by radio at 10:23 am this morning telling the world that they were definately on the summit. K2’s West Face had ...
By: The Adventurist
K2 Summits, New Route on Gasherbrum II, and more..
2007-07-21 05:26:00 Over the past week most of my time has been used covering the recent Michael Reardon tragedy. This is not to say that nothing was happening though, but I felt that I had the opportunity to do something for Michael and his family and friends that other sites just couldn’t do. To get back up to ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
Disney taps writers for 2nd go at "First Ascent"
2007-07-06 20:53:00 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Screenwriter-turned-comic-book- publisher Andrew Cosby and Johanna Stokes have been hired to do a rewrite on
Daniel Woods Grabs First Ascent of the Green 45 Project
2007-06-26 19:38:00 Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of the Green 45 project in Chaos Canyon. It took Daniel about 6 goes to send it. This is most likely the hardest problem in Colorado and it appears to be a V15. Daniel Woods called the problem Jade.Chuck Fryberger got...
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
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. ...
By: The Adventurist
Christine Boskoff Still Missing, Chinese Hampering Search?
2007-05-12 04:51:00 In December 2006, Christine Boskoff and Charlie Fowler went missing while on a climbing expedition in China. Charlie Fowler’s body was found in the snow on the desolate and hard to reach mountain in December. It was presumed that Christine was dead as well. There is a new UPDATE coming in today of this search and ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
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
Everest 2007 Update?April 18, 2007?South Col Route
2007-04-19 03:03:00 THE SOUTH COL ROUTE Casey and Mike from the Coleman Everest Team are reporting in today from Camp 2 on the South side. Seems like all is well and going according to plans. They talk about moving from Camp 1 at 19,600 feet to Camp 2 at 21, 300 feet. “We left before the sun was on ...
By: The Adventurist
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