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Everest 2008: Olympic Torch Snuffed Out on the Summit?
2008-05-01 22:55:00 Word is coming out through both The Adventure Blog and the Everest is Ours Blog that China reached the summit of Mt. Everest yesterday with the Olympic Torch. On the lighter side, the Torch was blown out by high winds forcing the Chinese to abandon their efforts and hope for another day. The ... More About: Nepal , Tibet
Nepal Cuts Climbing Permit Prices..Yes, Including Mt. Everest
2008-05-01 22:50:00 In an effort to draw more tourists and climbers to one of the world’s most mountainous regions, Nepal has decided to cut permit fees and abolish others. The Earth Times is reporting that this decision affects mountaineering expeditions to major peaks during winter, autumn, and the monsoon season–which is a bit odd since most climbers know ... More About: China , Everest , Climbing , Cuts
Search for Climber on Washington?s Mt. Baker
2008-05-01 22:26:00 A Lynden, Washington climber failed to return from a solo climb yesterday on Washington’s Mt. Baker . Search and Rescue officials have currently restarted their efforts to find the lost climber after having to end their search yesterday. Bad weather and high altitude are both playing havoc with the search team. The ... More About: Search and Rescue , Climbing
Five Climbers Die In Avalanche?Update
2008-05-01 20:47:00 I put up a post a few moments ago about five French climbers who have been killed following an avalanche. I am getting a few more facts now. The guide, who was the only member to survive, is currently listed in critical condition, but stable. He has suffered abdominal and chest trauma and is ... More About: Italy , Search and Rescue , Avalanche , Update , Climbing
Everest 2008: China (and Olympic Torch) On the Move Once Again On Mt. Ever
2008-05-01 20:18:00 I am getting word from EverstNews that the Chinese Olympic Torch Relay Team on Mt. Everest is heading back up. This comes two days after a failed attempt due to high winds. The team currently has 16 torches with them. This could be the begining of their anticipated march to the summit. ... More About: China , Nepal , Tibet
Many Summits on Dhaulagiri in Storm Conditions
2008-05-01 19:42:00 Many climbers have made the summit on Dhaulagiri today–others have been forced back due to storm conditions. Most that have made the summit are back to Camp 3, but others are still fighting through the weather to make to safe ground. This is a pretty dangerous situation right now. Climbers have reported ... More About: Storm , Explorers , Conditions
Five Climbers Dead After Avalanche
2008-05-01 13:04:00 Rescue workers have found the bodies of five French mountaineers that were killed after a recent avalanche in Italy ’s Northwestern Alps. The rescue workers spotted the missing mountaineers by helicopter early Thursday morning–local time. The avalanche took place on Wednesday at around 2,500 meters. The group had been climbing in Gran Paradiso National Park, ... More About: Australia , Search and Rescue , Avalanche , Dead
North Pole Attempt Aborted
2008-05-01 04:17:00 David Vale and his North Pole Expedition partner, Graham Walters, have aborted their bids at making it to the North Pole . The two started out on April 21st with hopes of achieving the magnetic North Pole. The two of them were participating in the North Pole Challenge. a race to the North Pole. Vale and Walters, ... More About: Aborted
Canada Enacts New River Rafting Guidelines
2008-05-01 00:20:00 In a bit of pure coincidence, I recently reported on efforts in the United States to begin looking into kayak and kayaking laws on the nations coastlines and waterways. Looks like Canada may have beat us to it, as this Press Release has just been made public moments ago. OTTAWA, April 30 /CNW Telbec/ - ... More About: River , Guidelines , Rafting
Everest 2008: China Releases New Details of Olympic Torch on Everest
2008-04-30 23:54:00 China has released a few details to one of it’s own news sites in regards to how the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch will be handled on Mt. Everest . China Central Television has posted a small piece in regards to the torch, itself: After the flame arrived the base camp four days ago, all of the ... More About: China , Tibet , Details
Growth in Kayaking Spawns Call For New Laws and Regulations
2008-04-30 23:10:00 There is an interesting article in USA Today focusing on the surge in popularity of kayaking the coastal and lake waters of the United States. The article goes in to some detail about how rescue efforts involving kayakers are straining some search and rescue departments. The search and Rescue crews are now calling ... More About: Laws , Search and Rescue , Growth , Regulations , Call
Guns in National Parks? What?s Your View?
2008-04-30 22:23:00 The debate for less restrictions on gun laws in national parks has been going on for well over a year. Some say that an increase in weapons in the park system could spark more crime, but gun lobbyists say that it is only right that they should have the same laws in national parks ... More About: National , Guns , View , Parks , National Parks
Everest 2008: Chinese Summit Attempt Called Off
2008-04-30 21:28:00 Earlier Report of Chinese Summit Attempt Everest News reported late yesterday that China was heading up Mt. Everest with the Olympic Torch. The Chinese expedition’s summit attempt has now been called off. High winds at the higher elevations have forced officials to call it a day and hope the winds die down over the course ... More About: Everest Expedition , Nepal
Everest 2008: China?s Olympic Torch Heads For the Summit of Mt. Everest
2008-04-30 07:02:00 BREAKING NEWS Kraig, over at The Adventure Blog, tipped me off to a couple of reports that the Chinese Olympic Torch Relay Team on Mt. Everest has decided to try an early summit push. As has become customary in recent times with Russian expeditions, the Chinese will be attempting the summit in waves of climbers. From ... More About: News , Weather , China
The Road Kill Record Book
2008-04-30 06:13:00 A Wisconsin man has started his own website devoted to all those animals we see slaughtered on the road by vehicles. You read it right the first time! The Road Kill Record Book is just that. It’s goal is to record record size animals that would otherwise be left to rot on ...
Yellowstone?s Bison Herd Cut in Half
2008-04-30 05:37:00 The world famous bison herd at Yellowstone National Park has been cut in half. Harsh as this may seem, Yellowstone National Park may actually be at fault for part of it. The park service’s anti-brucellosis campaign allows the park to slaughter a set number of animals each year in order to keep ... More About: Conservation , Bison , Half
My Indiana: Tornado Season Approaches, Be Aware and Prepare!
2008-04-29 09:31:00 Today, tornadoes ripped through parts of Virginia, leaving a path of destruction and hurting hundreds in the process. This phenomenon, while rare, offers up the single most deadly force of nature in Indiana every spring. Sure, we have floods from time to time, but hurricanes, earthquakes (up until recently), typhoons, volcanoes and avalanches occur ... More About: Season , Tornado , Aware
Going Green? Look to Sweden for Answers
2008-04-29 07:00:00 Sweden has topped a list of countries that has done the most to save the planet according to GermanWatch, a German environmental group. This distinguished award was given to another country of note last year. Yep, Sweden again. Two years running, they must be doing something right. Between 1990 and 2006, Sweden was ... More About: News , Environment , Sweden , Green , Answers
Zimbabwe: Home of the $10 Billion Hotel Room
2008-04-29 05:59:00 Sometimes numbers are deceiving. Case in point, a recent article concerning some scrupulous hotel and lodge operators in Zimbabwe , Africa . Government officials, set to launch a new “Save the Rhino” campaign have cracked down on the hiking of hotel and lodge prices to tourists. “An undisclosed number of Zimbabwe Tourism Authority officials were ... More About: Angelina Jolie , Jessica Alba , Hotel
?Can?t Catch Them, Might as well Join Them? Files: Two DNR Officials Arrest
2008-04-29 00:19:00 Two Michigan DNR employees and their father-in-law have been arrested for illegally poaching deer. Alex Gossett of Mears, Michigan has been charged with killing one buck to many. His partner in crime, Brian Tunk, has been charged with using an improper firearm during muzzleloader season, and the father-in-law has been charged with possession ... More About: Arrest , Join , Files , Catch
Everest 2008: Support your Climbers, Not Your Politics?An Adventurist Edit
2008-04-28 22:30:00 Charles Haviland and his BBC News Crew have been kicked off the Nepal i side of Mt. Everest . Today the BBC News Organization is reporting that all journalists have been banned from base camp. If climbers are seen talking to reporters, they will be banned as well. China , who is preparing for their historical Olympic ... More About: Politics
Everest 2008: Olympic Flame Arrives at Mt. Everest Base Camp
2008-04-27 21:07:00 Xinhua News-based in China- is reporting that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch has arrived at Mt. Everest base camp today. The torch arrived at the Tibetan Everest base camp in the afternoon–China time. The expedition to carry the torch to Mt. Everest’s summit could begin as early as April 28th from a report coming from ... More About: Everest Expedition , Beijing Olympics , Camp
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. ... More About: Medical , Nepal
Everest 2008: Chinese Olympic Torch Expedition Delayed
2008-04-27 09:37:00 The Chinese Expedition to carry the Olympic Torch up the north side of Mt. Everest has been delayed according to EverestNews. Previously, the Chinese Expedition was scheduled to take off from 8300 meters for the summit on April 28 for it’s first of a possible four separate summit attempts in hopes of carrying the ... More About: China , Everest Expedition , Tibet
Martin Minarik Makes First 8,000 Meter Summit of Year on Dhaulagiri?and a N
2008-04-26 07:41:00 EverestNews is reporting that Martin Minarik made a successful summit push up to the top of Dhaulagiri on April 23 and is now back in Dhaulagiri Basecamp. His Solo ascent began at 7,000 meters without the help of any kind of support. He topped at at 8pm local time. Minarik’s summit is quite possibly ... More About: Summit , Year , Meter
Aron Ralston, Ed Viesturs, Les Stroud: Backpacker Magazine Talks to 33 Pros
2008-04-26 06:42:00 Once again, I am featuring another interesting story from Backpacker Magazine . In this months latest Online issue, Backpacker Magazine talks to 33 Outdoor Pros about their gear and surviving in the wild. There are useful tips such as this one from Annie Getchell, author of The Essential Outdoor Gear Manual: “In freezing temperatures, sleep with your ...
Everest 2008: Update on William Brant Holland..Was Attempting 7 Summits..H
2008-04-25 21:23:00 More information is emerging on climber William Brant Holland, who a couple of days ago became the first person kicked off Mt. Everest for having a Pro-Tibet flag in one of his bags. William Brant Holland was in the last stages of completing the famed seven summits. Mt. Everest and Mt. Vinson (Antarctica) were the ... More About: Seven Summits , Everest Expedition , Nepal
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 ... More About: Google , Pacific , The Adventurist , Camping
Everest 2008: Nepal?s Home Ministry Refutes Claims of ?Deadly Force? Being
2008-04-24 08:58:00 I recently made a post about Nepal ’s government giving orders that authorities can use deadly force in the Mt. Everest region if climbers fail to follow the rules set down by Nepal’s government concerning expeditions. I was busy going through a couple of newswires looking for more information on the American Climber that got expelled today ... More About: China , Tibet , Home
Helicopter Crashes on Makalu
More articles from this author:2008-04-24 07:37:00 Even though a lot of concentration is falling on the Mt. Everest climbing season, there are many other peaks in the Himalayan region that are receiving summit bids: Dhaulagiri, Makalu, Annapurna, Manaslu, and even Lhotse. Explorers Web has posted a huge update today on many of these other peaks getting lesser attention from the ... More About: Helicopter , Crashes , Himalayas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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