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Planet Green Network Set To Launch June 4th
2008-04-24 03:36:00 With the world’s interest on “green issues” expanding by the day, it is of little wonder why two of the world’s top media conglomerates has started to pursue interests in these fields. In the coming months, Discovery Communications, which runs such cable channels as The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet , Discovery Kids, The Military Channel, The Science ... More About: News , Environment , June , Conservation
Everest 2008: William Brant Holland Confirmed as Climber Kicked From Mt. E
2008-04-23 18:39:00 I am now able to confirm that American climber William Brant Holland has been kicked off of Mt. Everest after a Pro-Tibet an flag was found in his tent. This comes as an update to two recent reports, one featured on EverestNews , the other on ExplorersWeb about this incident. You may read my first ... More About: China , Nepal
Everest 2008: American Climber Gets Boot for Pro-Tibetan Flag
2008-04-23 17:58:00 An American Climber has become the first person banned on Mt. Everest this year. We have all been hearing about the new rules for Everest initiated by China and Nepal in hopes of curbing protests during the upcoming Olympic Torch run–seems that an American climber may have had other plans. There are actually a couple ... More About: Tibet , Beijing Olympics
Earth Day Around the US (Yes, I know it was yesterday!) Brings Earth Awaren
2008-04-23 17:26:00 I didn’t make my Earth Day post yesterday due to time constraints and a rushed schedule, but to make up for lost time, I thought I would offer some interesting links and articles that were posted in the Press and around the Web celebrating this special day–today. Jack Johnson named Earth Day ’s Top Green Rocker Fitness ... More About: Yesterday
Swiss Mountain Climber Summits Jail Cell Wall?Then Gets Rearrested
2008-04-23 16:44:00 A Swiss mountain climber has been charged with escaping prison with his little known climbing abilities. The escape actually took place in January of this year at a prison in Malmo. It has taken up till now before authorities released their findings in an internal investigation of the escape. From The Local, An English ... More About: Cell , Wall , Jail , Mountain
?Everest: A Climb For Peace? ? An Adventurist Film Review
2008-04-22 08:09:00 It is not very often in today’s day and age, with all that is going on around us–with our lives that seem to only go faster, that we have a moment to just stop and think about a bigger picture. Most of us that live in the United States, although at war with terrorism, have ... More About: Peace , Film , Everest , Review , Film Review
Photos of Snickers and Gulliver and an Update to Save the Adventurous Duo
2008-04-22 05:10:00 A couple of days ago I put up a post called “A Real Saga of ‘Walt Disney’ Proportions: Dog Rescued After Three Months at Sea and Four Months on Pacific Atoll“. This post outlined an ongoing rescue attempt of two animals, Snickers the dog and Gulliver the Macaw, who had taken quite a journey, then ended ... More About: Photos , Update , Save
Everest 2008: More on Nepal?s Authorization to Use Deadly Force During 200
2008-04-20 20:24:00 Nepal says it is prepared to use force - including gunfire - to prevent anti-Beijing protests during the Olympic torch relay up Mount Everest .—Published Today on BBC News This article goes a little more in-depth than the piece found on ESPN that I posted about a few minutes ago. “The torch has attracted protests in some cities ... More About: China , Nepal , Tibet , Force
Everest 2008: Nepal Authorizes Deadly Force Against Olympic Torch Protests
2008-04-20 19:34:00 Nepal has authorized it’s soldiers and police that deadly force can be used as a final persuasion against any anti-Chinese/pro-Tibet an protests during China ’s bid to place the Olympic torch on the Summit of Mt. Everest . From ESPN: Nepal’s Home Ministry says the use of deadly force is only authorized as a last resort.The troops will first try to ... More About: Nepal
Everest 2008: EMERGENCY on EVEREST! RESCUE and MedEvac UnderWay!
2008-04-19 09:06:00 BREAKING NEWS Summit climb is reporting some disturbing information on their expedition site. It seems like one of their climbing Sherpas, while going from the Khumbu Icefalls up to Camp 1 has been involved in the first medical emergency of this season on Mt. Everest . This emergency saga began yesterday with the following post: On a worrisome note: ... More About: Rescue , Climb , Emergency
Everest 2008: The Problem with Mt. Everest Journalism in 2008
2008-04-19 08:22:00 Example 1 “More troubling for the climbers than the censorship is the fact the Chinese have essentially reserved the mountain for the torch from May 1-10, a prime part of the short climbing season. None of the 26 international expeditions at base camp, including at least two other Canadian teams, will be allowed on the mountain ... More About: China , Journalism , Everest , Nepal , Tibet
A Real Saga of ?Walt Disney? Proportions: Dog Rescued After Three Months a
2008-04-18 20:41:00 Colorado’s Post-Independent is reporting the successful rescue of a dog named Snickers, who spent three months traveling the ocean in a 48 foot boat then found himself grounded on a small Pacific Atoll for another four months. How did this happen? The dog’s owners, Jerry and Darla Merrow of California , left the pooch ... More About: News , United States , Las Vegas , Disney
Everrest 2008: 600 Protesters Detained in NEPAL
2008-04-18 20:03:00 Protests have erupted inside Nepal over the past couple of days. Nepal, which has been fairly quiet in regards to Tibetan protests, has finally been hit with the rage. Over 600 Tibetan protesters have been detained in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, since yesterday. All of the protests are centering on the Chinese Visa Office ... More About: News , Politics , Sports , China , Everest
Science to Map Arctic Ownership
2008-04-18 19:17:00 This past year Russia made an unprecedented venture to the floor of the Arctic Ocean, taking us back to a time of majestic exploration. A time in which a country’s flag gave proper ownership rights to the founding country-in this case, Russia. Not so fast– The land at stake is part of the arctic ocean ... More About: Science , United Nations , Canada
My Indiana: Indiana and Midwest Rattled by Rare Earthquake
2008-04-18 18:21:00 There has been much talk over the past couple of weeks over a Series of Earthquake s that has been rattling the ocean floor off the coast of Oregon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has stated that close to 600 small quakes had hit the area about 190 nautical miles offshore of Yachats, Oregon. ... More About: Ohio , Illinois , Indiana , Tennessee
Everest 2008: Communications Locked Down in South Basecamp, China Moving T
2008-04-18 05:32:00 Click Here For Complete 2008 Mt. Everest Coverage Just a quick update-We all know that not much is coming off of Mt. Everest as far as news. The communications ban placed on the climbers in Nepal has severely hampered any information coming from the teams the last couple of days. Unless another means of communication ... More About: News , China , Tibet
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 ... More About: Nature , Outdoors , Project , The Adventurist
Backpacker Magazine Getting Serious!
2008-04-18 00:53:00 Backpacker Magazine , quite possibly the world’s leading magazine for backpackers, hikers, and campers, recently revamped their site–I have mentioned this previously, I know. As Backpacker is starting to get a bit more comfortable online, they are rolling out a whole slew of new features. Last week I posted about the new Backpacker Blogs, a ... More About: Backpacker
Three Safest Countries to Travel in Central America
2008-04-17 23:55:00 Sinead McKenzie has put up a nice article over on Helium about the safest countries in Central America to travel. If your like me, other than a rough reference to Belize a few years back by my wife, Central America is not the first thought when it comes to travel. It now seems ... More About: Travel , Countries
Fear in Tibet
2008-04-16 22:04:00 And we all wonder why everyone is afraid–This is video footage from the famed Nangpa La incident in 2006. ExplorersWeb covered this story very well from beginning to end. Click here to read more from ExWeb. More About: China , Tibet , Fear
Everest 2008: Update on Communications Ban?Possible Solution ?Outside the
2008-04-16 07:49:00 Yesterday I posted that Nepal ’s Liaison officers on Mt. Everest had initiated the communications ban at Basecamp. In it’s simplest terms, teams climbing from the South will not be able to communicate with the outside world..ie the Press or websites until after May 10th. This has effectively chopped all lines of communication ... More About: China , Tibet , Update
Canyon Disaster in New Zealand?Five Teens Dead, Three More Missing?All From
2008-04-15 19:06:00 BREAKING NEWS A desperate search and rescue effort is currently taking place on New Zealand ’s North Island. A group from the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Center, who were attending a week long outdoors education course, has been hit with tragedy. Five people are dead, three others missing. A canyoning trip–which involves scrambling, sliding or ... More About: Teens , Disaster , Dead , Missing
Lonely Planet Answers Allegations From ?Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? Autho
2008-04-15 18:24:00 A couple of days back, I posted an article concerning a new book by Thomas Kohnstamm titled “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell .” In the book, Mr. Kohnstamm has made a few allegations against Lonely Planet –a world leading publisher of travel guides. Mr. Kohnstamm suggested that he had not been paid to conduct ... More About: Answers
Everest 2008: More on Communications Ban on Everest From Peak Freaks
2008-04-15 08:46:00 BREAKING NEWS It is 2:42 in the morning, and glad I have stayed up tonight. I just posted about Alan Arnette’s latest post concerning the communication ban on the South of Mt. Everest . None of us were to sure when this was going to take effect, but it looks to be sooner rather than ... More About: China , Everest Expedition , Nepal , Tibet
Everest 2008: We Knew it Would Happen?Alan Arnette Notes Dispatches will R
2008-04-15 08:34:00 I have just been updated through Alan Arnette’s email dispatches that his dispatches will resume sometime in mid-may. Wish I had more for you, but oddly enough, at this point, his post is titled “Dispatches to Resume in Mid-May” with nothing else as far as a post– What is known: If you have ... More About: Everest , Notes , 2008
Everest 2008: The Nepali Army Arrives at Basecamp?Brings South Side Climbe
2008-04-15 05:59:00 We were all wondering when it was going to happen. It finally has. A couple of weeks back it was mentioned on this site, as well as others, that Nepal was issuing permits for the South side of Everest . This was good news considering that China had abruptly closed the North to all expeditions ... More About: Army
Ken Huff, Ex-NFL Baltimore Colt, Summits Mt. Kilimanjaro
2008-04-15 05:12:00 Ken Huff ’s first life involved being drafted No. 1 by the Baltimore Colt s, then an 11 year career as an offensive guard. Huff’s second life includes Mountain Climbing. That is right. An offensive guard has taken up Mountain climbing. For Ken’s 55th Birthday he decided to go out and conquer one of the ... More About: Africa , Kilimanjaro
Snowmobiler Falls into Mt. St. Helens Crater
2008-04-14 03:32:00 John Slemp, 52, while riding with friends on the West Rim of Mt. St. Helens on their snowmobiles, got off his snowmobile and walked onto an overhanging cornice above Mt. St. Helen’s famous crater–the cornice ended up giving way sending John Slemp plummeting into the crater of Mt. St. Helens. Slemp fell close to ... More About: Falls
Trouble Brewing For Lonely Planet?Parts of World Famous Travel Guides Made
2008-04-14 03:06:00 UPDATE: Click HERE to Read LONELY PLANET’s Answer to Allegations The Daily Telegraph, a leading newspaper based in the UK, has an interesting story today concerning Lonely Planet , publisher of the famed Lonely Planet Travel Guide series, which sells close to 6 million travel guides a year– Thomas Kohnstamm has published a new book entitled “Do Travel ... More About: World , Guides , Famous
Alan Gregory?s Conservation News is Back?Welcome Back, My Friend
More articles from this author:2008-04-14 02:35:00 When I first began The Adventurist almost two years ago, I was pretty new to this whole blogging thing. I had heard something about it, decided to check it out–and then began my own. During my early learning period, there were three blogs that I would visit daily–Two of the three, Ralph Maughan’s ... More About: News , Blogroll , Blogger , Conservation , Blogs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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