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Mt. Kosciuszko or Carstenz Pyramid, Which is the True Seventh Summit?
2007-10-11 07:05:00 The debate over the Seven Summits has reigned on for years now. Some claim Carstenz Pyramid, the highest point on the island of New Guinea, is the Seventh and final summit to this quest. Others contend that Mt. Koskiuszko, on Australia is the true Seventh Summit. So who is right? Here is an interesting piece from ...
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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
Conquering Mt. Kosciuszko: Part 2 - Bagging the Summit
2006-10-23 10:00:00 There was a sense that we were a bit behind schedule as we pulled up to Charlotte Pass, where we parked the car. This is the highest point you can drive to in Australia at an elevation of 1830m. (If you know that the mountain itself is 2228m, you'll see that we weren't looking at a ridiculous climb). There is a road that leads just about to the summit, but it has been closed for environmental reasons. It is now an 18km return hike going the short way, but I figured it would suck to be tired and walk down the mountain looking at the same stuff we saw on the way up, so we picked the longer, 23km round trip up one trail that passes by a few lakes, and then down the road for the walk back.We had been told that the weather is very unpredictable and to be prepared etc... The summit is where the coldest temperature in Australia was recorded in 1994: -23 Celcius... would have needed a toque if you were going up that day.We had lots of layers with us anyway, and about 5 minutes into the w...
By: Ryan Down Under
Conquering Mt. Kosciuszko: Part 1 - Getting There
2006-10-22 12:00:00 Reaching the highest point in Australia, Mt. Kosciuszko, was high on my list of things to do, and time and money was running out. We had a week long study break and I had Tara fully committed so the planning began, which wasn't much in the end; drive there, camp somewhere, climb the mountain and come home again.The car I had acquired earlier in the semester seemed to not be having any problems so it would hopefully get us there and back, but we had no guarantees and would dump the car and figure something out if we had to.We recruited Tracy and Jakob the Bad Ass Viking to keep the costs down and because we were sure they understood that this trip may not even get out of the city and they would be cool with this.It was a very reckless idea, but 'reckless' = 'adventure' so we loaded the car right up, so much that Jakob had to sit on his blankets and headed out.Once we found the right highway, everything was very uneventful. We were still nervous about the car just not working, a...
By: Ryan Down Under
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