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Everest 2008: SUMMITS ON EVEREST! Complete Coverage and Run-Down
2008-05-21 05:44:00 This Everest 2008 Update is being featured at my NEW address on the web. The site is the same, but THE ADDRESS has changed. Please Redirect to the new update by clicking HERE. Then Go to the HOMEPAGE and be sure to UPDATE any BOOKMARKS or previous RSS Feed Subscriptions. Sorry for ...
By: The Adventurist
The Everest Chronicles: Rob Hall, Scott Fischer, and the Worst Tragedy in E
2007-05-10 15:58:00 May 10, 2007. It has been 11 years since tragedy struck Everest in a blinding storm that claimed the lives of world-reknown mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Eleven Years. Their story is one of much debate even to this day. The tragedy is discussed on websites and forums around the world with one thing being ...
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
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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
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 ...
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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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