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Everest 2008: David Tait Calls it Quits, Evacuated Off Everest For Medical
2008-04-27 20:06:00
David Tait, who climbed with Russell Brice’s Himex Expedition last season, has found 2008 a bit more troubling. Early on, when Tait discovered that China had shut down the North side of Everest and Himex had to cancel any plans of a 2008 expedition, David struggled to get on a South side expedition permit. ...
?I was supposed to be laying out the ropes that will be used by expeditions
2008-03-26 08:45:00
Rumors have been flying about Russell Brice over the last couple of weeks. Russell has not spoken out at all in regards to the situation in Tibet–his own expeditions–or even the rumor that he may be helping the chinese with their olympic torch run up the north. I have been contacting people in regards to ...
EVEREST 2008: Himex Out, David Tait Switches to South, Russell Brice Rumor
2008-03-21 19:36:00
Teams are still trying to jockey for position as departure dates linger for the 2008 Spring Everest Expeditions. Many teams planning an expedition from the North side of Mt. Everest have been forced to abandon their hopes of making a summit bid due to China’s refusal to allow anyone to climb from Tibet. ...
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 ...
The Adventure Blog Takes a Look at Everest 2: Beyond the Limit
2007-11-01 01:03:00
The Adventure Blog has put up a nice review covering the first episode of Everest 2: Beyond the Limit. He says most of the first episode was climber introductions and getting to basecamp.  I posted the climber biographies of everyone taking part in this season’s series yesterday, but if you didn’t catch it, you can by ...
Everest 2: Beyond the Limit?The Official Press Release
2007-10-29 23:56:00
Everest 2:  Beyond the Limit kicks off tomorrow night at 10pm Eastern Time on Discovery Channel (check your local listings for exact time.) Many of you will know that I have a big interest in this year’s Everest 2: Beyond the Limit series.  Back in May of this past year, I followed along as Russell Brice ...
The Return of Man vs. Wild and Everest: Beyond the Limit
2007-10-26 04:54:00
Two of Discovery Channel’s most popular programs are set to make a return in the coming days–Bear Grylls’ Man vs. Wild is set to make it’s new season debut on November 9th, while the new season of Everest: Beyond the Limit will be kicking off on October 30th–You will have to check your local listings ...
Everest: Beyond the Limit Gearing Up For October Return
2007-10-15 01:43:00
The Adventure Blog made a post today concerning the return of the pretty popular Everest: Beyond the Limit series on Discovery Channel.  It seems that the show’s new season will possibly be kicking off on October 30th.  The Discovery Channel website has not confirmed this, but Kraig, over at The Adventure Blog, said he has seen ...
Quite Frankly Mr. Brice?..A Response Comes In
2007-08-06 03:05:00
A couple of days ago I made a post concerning Betsy Heulskamp, a member of the 2007 Himex Everest Expedition, and how she felt that she had been mistreated during this recent Expedition to Mt. Everest.  “Harassment on the High Peak” takes a look at Betsy’s story and includes some very frank incidents that made ...
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”, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: 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: 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: The Best of the Best
2007-04-27 03:59:00
It has been said many times before–You can fake your way to Everest Basecamp, but once you hit that mountain the higher camps will show who you are and what you are made of… Over the past couple of weeks The Adventurist has taken you from the trek in to Everest Basecamp on both the North and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Everest: Beyond the Limit II, Television Without Pity, and David Tait
2007-04-23 22:33:00
I recently found a forum dedicated to the Discovery Channel’s “Everest: Beyond the Limit”, quite by mistake.  It seems that the people over at “Television Without Pity” have linked to a story here at The Adventurist. Twenty-Six pages.  That is the space that the “Everest: Beyond the Limit” forum encompasses and from quickly reading through it, ...
Discovery Channel Everest Film Crew and the Himex Team Overview
2007-04-20 03:17:00
The Discovery Channel has been busy filming with the Himex Team this season on Everest’s North BC.  So far, they have been doing a lot of interviewing with team members around Everest BC as well as following Russell Brice’s Himex team into the Khumbu Icefall. I stopped by their blog today to see what was going ...
Russell Brice and the First Himex Everest 2007 Report
2007-04-20 02:33:00
Two days ago I mentioned that Himex has been pretty quiet this season.  Amongst speculators, it was assumed that Russell Brice, leader of the Himex Everest 2007 Team was keeping a low profile due to problems that arose with the media last season on Everest following the tragic death of David Sharp.   Rather than be ...
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