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Just a quick update to RSS and Email Subscribers
2008-05-21 19:50:00
The Adventurist RSS Feed, courtesy of Feedburner, has been updated to reflect the new site.  You should begin to get the latest updates from The Adventurist at the New Address http://www.skinnymoose.com/adve-nturist <<<<<<&-#60;<<<<If you are wanting to subscribe, simply click the RSS Feed button found in the left-hand column on this site, also, Email updates will reflect this ...
The Adventurist: The HUGE Announcement
2008-05-19 08:05:00
In a recent post here at The Adventurist, I suggested that there may be a HUGE announcement in the coming days. I really had no idea that the big announcement would come together as fast as it has. Needless to say, I might as well get it out of the way– For almost two ...
The Adventurist Joins Outdoor Bloggers Summit (and a possible HUGE announce
2008-05-17 09:43:00
I have been meaning to do this for about two weeks now, but I figured this was as good a time as any–plus, I have been issued a challenge. (more on that in a minute) The Adventurist has teamed up with the Outdoor Bloggers Summit. I actually happened on to this wonderful organization after running ...
The Adventurist Spans the Pacific
2008-04-24 14:17:00
I really don’t do much needless self-promotion on the web, but I did happen to run across an interesting site linking here today that gave me an idea.  CLUB nature, based out of Japan, is a Japanese site dedicated to the simple pleasures of camping in Japan.  Most of you might cringe when I mention ...
My Indiana?The Adventurist Kicks Off A New Project
2008-04-18 02:44:00
Those of you that are close observers to this site may have noticed a new ‘tab’ at the top of this site labeled “My Indiana” pop up a couple of days ago. This is actually the start of a new project I have been batting around for awhile. Indiana is not known as the ...
The Death of the Olympic Spirit?An Adventurist Editorial
2008-04-11 15:14:00
_______________________________-_________ The Death of the Olympic Spirit An Adventurist Editorial By: Jason A. Hendricks _______________________________-__________ “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” The Olympic ...
?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 ...
The Adventurist Finally Blogging in the 21st Century
2008-03-01 06:13:00
If you have stopped by The Adventurist tonight and seen a couple of weird messages posted, or are reading by RSS and came across the same messages, then do not fear..I am not going nuts. I am only testing out some new software to make my job a bit easier. Here are the upgrades: My website ...
The Adventurist?Site Update 10/27/07
2007-10-27 21:00:00
Over the next couple of days, you may notice a few changes to this site.. The Links This is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time.  The links on this site have continued to grow and rather than use up some useful sidebar space, I have now created a page just for the ...
The Adventurist Joins Rock & Ice Magazine?s Bloggers Brawl
2007-10-15 02:51:00
Rock & Ice Magazine is currently running their first annual Blogger’s Brawl writing contest.  I have decided to jump into the running by submitting a piece I wrote awhile back.  Not really sure if I have a chance at winning one of the top three prizes, all selections of shoes and boots from La Sportiva–but, you ...
The Adventurist: The Seven Summits?A Big Announcement
2007-10-14 05:52:00
Once again I am delighted to be able to make another big announcement to all of my readers here at The Adventurist. The goal of the Seven Summits–the highest peak on each of the seven continents–happens to be one of the great adventures of out time.  Few have attempted it and even fewer have succeeded.  An ...
The Adventurist Now in 11 New Languages!
2007-10-06 18:49:00
In the right sidebar, you may notice a new feature here at The Adventurist.  This site can now be translated into eleven new languages with just a click of the mouse.  Just click your language of choice and now, no matter where you are from, you can read The Adventurist in your language.   Arabic ???? ?? ?????? ...
Alan Arnette Arrives at Shisha Pangma
2007-09-12 15:25:00
After a couple of days of travel, Alan Arnette and Project Himalaya have finally made it to Shisha Pangma Basecamp. Alan is reporting that all is well.  He is able to sleep comfortably and his acclimatization seems to be going rather well.  He has had no problems to speak of–which is a very good sign after ...
Using The New Adventurist Forums
2007-09-10 03:30:00
You have probably already noticed the two banners found at the top of this page.  Should be one directly to your right, and one to your left.  The first button is for the newest addition here to The Adventurist-The Adventurist Forums.  Upon clicking this box, you will be taken to a page featuring all of ...
The Adventurist Forums Take Off!! Adventurist Polls Launched!
2007-09-07 22:33:00
I posted yesterday that I have started my own Adventurist “Community” so to speak.  It is open and it is Progressing. The first member of The Adventurist Forums happened to be my good buddy Kraig from over at The Adventure Blog.  He also gets the designation of making the first post in the community to get ...
The Adventurist Unleashes The Wrath of The Adventurist Forums!
2007-09-07 02:05:00
The Adventurist has taken another step in evolution.  No, I’m not going bald!  What I have done is created a place for all of us Adventure Lovers to come together and discuss what matters most. You like kayaking?  Mountain Biking? Climbing? Going on a great Adventure of your own?  Now we have that community.  I am very ...
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 ...
The Adventurist: A Slightly Different Look and more..
2007-08-31 15:00:00
I have finally been able to take a little time and do a bit of “streamlining” with the site.  I think it is a bit easier to navigate once you find your way around. The first major change–you will notice that the two side-bars on my site have now been switched.  This should allow for a ...
The Adventurist Launches a New Column on Topix
2007-08-28 22:51:00
I have been very, very busy for the last couple of weeks.  Some of you may have noticed a slight drop-off in the articles put up on here, but I have actually been pretty good about at least getting something up everyday.  I have a few projects going that I would like to take a ...
The Adventurist: Another Step Forward, Another New Role
2007-08-22 23:22:00
I recently ran across a site called Topix that caught my eye.  Here is a bit about the company: Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city. A Top 25 online news destination (Hitwise, February 2007), the site links ...
This Week in Adventure Sports Weekly?08/22/07
2007-08-22 21:40:00
The new issue of Adventure Sports Weekly has been released.  One thing I truly do like about this new magazine is that it is so varied…there is something there for everyone. This week, Adventure Sports Weekly takes us to the XTERRA Mountain Championships Off-road Triathalon–one of the biggest events of it’s kind in the world.  There ...
The Adventurist: Global Warming or Global Crazies?
2007-08-15 04:07:00
I am pretty much in the balance right now.  Everyday we turn on the news and have Global Warming this or that on the television.  People have not only gotten woried, but they have down right freaked out in some instances… I think at this time there are way more questions than answers.  Until a definate ...
The Adventurist: What Exactly Defines ?Adventure??
2007-08-14 00:26:00
That is one tough question.  We all know the word.  Many of us say life is an adventure–but what does it mean?  Is it the risk involved?  Going someplace few others have gone, or is it in doing something you fear? I recently had the opportunity to discuss this topic with a fellow reader.  His idea ...
The Adventurist: America on a Bicycle
2007-08-13 00:36:00
In an article I posted yesterday, “Discovering Generosity Through Adventure“, I made a mention of Steve Slovacek and Matt Purdy’s current attempt to bicycle across the United States…from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I happened to make contact with Matt and Steve lastnight and both have agreed to take part in an Adventurist Interview in the ...
The Next Big Thing: The Adventurist Teams Up With Adventure Sports Weekly
2007-08-10 21:05:00
The old saying goes –when opportunity knocks, you had better answer the door.  Well, in a sense I have answered the door.  A couple of days ago Editor Wina Sturgeon from Adventure Sports Weekly contacted myself and was interested in discussing what I do here at The Adventurist. After a lengthy discussion about our sites, our ...
The Adventurist Interview: Hubert A. Allen, Author of Mt. Hood: The Deep
2007-08-08 22:15:00
The Adventurist Interview with Hubert A. Allen Author of Mount Hood The Deep Blue Zone: Story of the 2006 Climbing Tragedy First off Mr. Allen, It is a pleasure to have you here at The Adventurist. The events surrounding the tragedy in December of 2006 still lingers deep in quite a few minds. Why do you think ...
New Book Released on 2006 Mt. Hood Tragedy
2007-07-30 16:12:00
  In December of 2006 The Adventurist began to cover a story of three climbers who had become stranded near the summit of Mt. Hood.  A few days later, this event became a media blitz.  Hope for the successful rescue of Brian Hall, Jerry Cooke, and Kelly James soon dimminished as the first body was discovered.  In ...
The Adventurist Revealed?Literally!
2007-07-27 17:08:00
Many of you have asked for a photo of myself so that you may put a face with who you are emailing and talking with.  I guess for me personally, I have never really wanted to be in the spotlight, as far as myself…now my writing, that is another thing altogether… I recently had the good ...
The Adventurist: Denied by Conrad Anker, Summit Stones, and More?
2007-07-27 05:27:00
Denied by Conrad Anker I recently contacted Conrad Anker about a possible interview for The Adventurist.  My feelings were that there had been alot of controversy surrounding him over his recent Everest Expedition and his supposed “First Free Ascent of the Second Step”, and well, to be quite frank, I wanted to know his thoughts and ...
Tragedy on Mont Blanc: Four Climbers Die, Five Others Rescued
2007-07-26 01:45:00
Tragedy has struck Mont Blanc in the French Alps.  Four climbers have died after getting lost on the 15, 771 foot mountain.  The climbers had died due to cold weather and exhaustion. The climbers included one Brit, and women from New Zealand, France, and Chili.  Their bodies were found around the 13, 120 foot mark of ...
Welcome to The Adventurist?CNN?
2007-07-25 00:57:00
Not really sure what is going on at this time, but I have alot of people coming to my site from CNN–that is right, the news network. Hopefully I am not part of a huge manhunt or something strange that I know nothing about.. Actually, I tracked back to see what all of the excitement was about, ...
Free-Solo Climbing? Magazine Looking to Interview YOU!!
2007-07-24 00:35:00
Would you like to be interviewed for a magazine?  A good friend of mine is currently seeking Free-Solo Climbers to interview for an upcoming magazine with Free Solo Climbing as the focus of this special issue. With the recent death of Michael Reardon making headlines around the world, it has brought this sport into the headlines ...
An Update From Laneo
2007-07-17 21:30:00
When I first started The Adventurist, almost a year ago, I made a decision to partner up with a great organization built on protecting our planet–Laneo. Since this time, Andrew Paterson, President of Laneo has truly began to see the results of his dream realized.  He wanted to offer a way for everyday people to be ...
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 ...
China vs. Mother Nature: The Quest for Artificial Weather
2007-07-13 18:26:00
Who controls the weather?  This debate, in a round about way, has been taking place for centuries.  When the weather was unbearably dry, ancient Indian nations would come together and perform their “Indian Rain Dance” to try to persuade the Gods to open up the skies– Step ahead a couple of centuries to the present.  A ...
The Adventurist: A Call to All Outdoor Writers and Photographers!
2007-07-13 00:06:00
I have just put the finishing touches on a new “Submit & Contact” Page here at The Adventurist.  I am hoping that this new feature will be accepted and used by all of my great readers. This page goes into detail about a few things I am looking for here at The Adventurist–and ways you might ...
The Adventurist: Out with the Old, In with the New
2007-07-12 00:32:00
From time to time I have to come in here and do some adjusting..I just like to let everyone know what is going on, what is being taken off, what is being added and so forth…here is a rundown of this latest update: Dead Links Going Bye-Bye Most of the links I provide on this site are ...
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Body of Christine Boskoff Found
2007-07-09 21:25:00
In December of 2006, two high profile climbers Christine Boskoff and Charlie Fowler went missing in the Sechuan Province of China. The subsequent news of this event shook the climbing community to it’s foundation.  At the time in December 2006, much of the world was focused on three lost climbers on Mt. Hood in Oregon and ...
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 ...
Injury on Broad Peak, Death on Gasherbrum II
2007-07-07 18:39:00
Climber Dies on Gasherbrum II  ExplorersWeb’s Pakistani correspondent Karrar Haidri has confirmed the death of a climber that perished a couple of days ago on Gasherbrum II. The climber was 41 year old Austrian Ulrike Gschwandtner.  She died at Basecamp on Gasherbrum II due to high-altitude sickness. In related news: Kenneth Hill, an American climbing with the Austrian International ...
The Adventurist Goes Primitive?Camping That Is..
2007-07-03 00:57:00
Well, many of you have probably been wondering where I have been over the past week and a half. My wife and I recently took a “vacation” to southern Tennessee or “Down in the Hills” as they call it… We decided to do some “Primitive Camping” at the David Crockett State Park near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Now when I ...
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 ...
Mon@rch?s Nature Blog Now Featured on The Adventurist
2007-06-17 07:19:00
Something has finally happened that I have been requesting for a long time..my good friend Tom has finally decided to put up an RSS feed to his outstanding site.  Mon@rch’s Nature Blog has got to be the best personal Naturalist site that I have ran across.  His articles are personal.  His photos beautiful, and each and ...
Alan Arnette?s First Step?Denali, 2007
2007-06-14 05:05:00
  My good friend Alan Arnette is preparing to take the first step in hopefully a long line of steps to his ultimate goal of climbing Mt. Everest for a third time. Alan’s journey begins with Denali, which he is currently in position to begin climbing as soon as the weather let’s up a bit and helicopters ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Adventurist: New Directions Leading to the Same Horizon
2007-05-25 17:59:00
Many of you have noticed over the past couple of months that I have pretty much been exclusivly covering the Mt. Everest Season.  Well, that season is beginning to wrap up and it will be time to venture out into a few new directions. I guess in order to comprehend my goals with this site, first ...
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 ...
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