The AdventuristThe AdventuristDedicated to Exploration and Education through Adventure. Covering the upcoming 2007 Mt. Everest Climbing Season. Featuring Mountain and Polar Expeditions, Ocean and Space Exploration--Discovering the human spirit one Expedition at a time. Articles
Bear Grylls Next Adventure?The South Pole
2008-04-12 04:20:00 Times Online, the online version of one of the leading newspapers in the UK has put up an interesting article on “Man vs. Wild ” and “Surviverman” star, Bear Grylls . This is actually one of the first interviews of it’s type to actually confront and discuss issues that arose last year through the press regarding ... More About: Adventure , South , Pole
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 ... More About: News , United States , China , Taiwan , Olympics
Everest: A Climb For Peace ?Sneak Peak
2008-04-10 22:40:00 I have been in talks with Lance Trumbull recently in regards to this documentary. It is truly an incredible piece of videography and a story that matches. Lance has agreed to send me a review copy of the film, but for now, this is all you get. By the way, Lance ... More About: Peace , Everest , Climb , Peak
Indian Navy Conquers North Pole?Finishes the Three-Pole Challenge
2008-04-10 17:44:00 The Indian Navy , led by Commander Satyabrata Dam, has conquered the final leg of it’s Three Pole Challenge by making a successful expedition to the North Pole. The team arrived at the North Pole at 8:16 pm on Wednesday Night. Till now, only 23 people had ever conquered all three Poles–The North Pole, The South ... More About: Everest
Everest 2008: Tibet Closed to Tourists till AFTER Olympics?
2008-04-10 17:24:00 Reuters is reporting today that China has decided NOT to reopen Tibet to foreigners on May 1st. Instead, China will wait till after the 2008 Beijing Olympics to allow foreign tourists back in to the troubled country. Originally China had stated that it would open up the borders of Tibet on May 1st. The National Tourism ... More About: Everest , Beijing Olympics
Everest 2008: Nepal Heads to the Polls After Six Decades of Bloodshed
2008-04-10 08:30:00 Prime Minister Girij Prasad Koirala cast the first vote of an estimated 17.6 million people today as Nepal was finally able to host an election first discussed back in 1950. India eNews reports that 20,000 polling booths opened across Nepal in over 240 different constituences in 75 districts. 60,000 security personnel and 55,000 temporary staff ... More About: Everest , Polls , Bloodshed
Amazing Photos of the Kokopelli Bridge Fire (The Dewey Bridge) Yesterday
2008-04-10 07:57:00 A reader of MTBR.com posted some awesome (and sad) photos of the Kokopelli Bridge Fire yesterday that I posted about. The reader said he was driving home from Moab lastnight, after a day of hiking, when he came upon the bridge. Leave it to a hiker to always have a camera ready..nice photo ... More About: Photos , Utah , Amazing , Yesterday
New Zealand ?Summits for Ed? Hillary
2008-04-10 06:03:00 The Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoors Pursuits Center, founded by Sir Edmund Hillary, has taken a note from Sir Ed and incorporated it into a great way to pass along Edmund Hillary’s passion for the outdoors, passion for educating kids as well as a memorial to the late founder of the center. The Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoors ... More About: New Zealand , Zealand
Everest 2008: China Prepares Route up North
2008-04-09 04:30:00 The Adventure Blog has tipped us off to an update on the Chinese Olympic Torch Expedition today. According to Everest News, the Chinese Expedition has made it as far as Advanced Basecamp on the North, as well as set up communications towers for cell phone service. The Chinese Expedition has already set rope to the North ... More About: China , Nepal , Tibet , Beijing Olympics
Famed 1916 Kokopelli Trail Bridge Burns Near Moab?Suspension Bridge was His
2008-04-09 03:39:00 Dewey Bridge , found 30 miles northeast of Moab, Utah has burned to the ground. The bridge, which is a well-known landmark on the 140 mile Kokopelli Bike Trail , was a biking and walking bridge for many visitors to the area and allowed the one way of access across the Colorado River. The bridge, originally built ... More About: Burns , Suspension
Boycott the Olympics? USA Today Weighs In On the Debate
2008-04-08 23:27:00 USA Today has printed an interesting opinion piece today concerning the idea behind boycotting the Olympic Games in China this summer. As opinions go, they are often one-sided with a personal agenda–luckily USA Today has posted both sides to the debate. The first opinion suggests that the United States shouldn’t Boycott the games, themselves, but ... More About: Olympics , Nepal , Tibet
Piotr Pustelnik heads to Annapurna for the Last of his 14 8,000 Meter Peaks
2008-04-08 22:29:00 Piotr Pustelnik is one step closer to achieving his goal of climbing all 14 of the 8,000 meter peaks in the world. Piotr is traveling with the mBank Annapurna West Face Expedition who recently completed acclimatization by climbing nearby Ama Dablam (6,912 meters) . On April 3rd and 4th, the Annapurna West Face Expedition successfully ... More About: Heads , Meter
What Inspires You?
2008-04-08 05:09:00 Timex Expedition, The Conservation Alliance and Conrad Anker have teamed up on a joint cause to inspire Americans to get outdoors. “Return to the Outdoors” is offering up a new take on inspiration featuring short films of some of the Outdoors’ greatest personalities talking about what inspires them to be outside. I do have to ... More About: Adventure
Alex Honnold Free Solos Moonlight Buttress in 83 Minutes! Possible HARDEST
2008-04-08 03:13:00 Alpinist Magazine is reporting today that free-solo climber Alex Honnold has possibly just free climbed the hardest route ever attempted–Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park–in 83 minutes. It is even more amazing that this climb took place on April 1st, when it was first reported on TOPO.com, many in the climbing community thought it was a ... More About: Free , Minutes , Solos
China in Emergency IOC (International Olympic Comittee) Meeting, Bush Urged
2008-04-08 02:51:00 The International Olympic Committee has requested a special meeting with Beijing officials, home to this years 2008 Summer Olympics, in regards to the recent Olympic torch relay protests taking place worldwide. At this time, it is not noted what the meeting is for, other than to discuss what has been going on around the ... More About: Bush , China , Nancy Pelosi , San Francisco
Everest 2008: Icefall Doctors, Puja Ceremonies and Acclimatization?Dispatc
2008-04-07 05:17:00 The climbers involved in the Everest Expeditions this season are well on their way to Basecamp. Many are already logging daily reports to their expedition and personal websites, and others are sending in reports through email. First up, the HobyJackson Expedition: “We are currently in Dingboche. Cant believe there is an internet cafe here now at 4,300m. ... More About: Doctors , Everest Basecamp , Nepal , Tibet
The Climber?s Brain: Scientific American Takes a look at Altitude
2008-04-06 04:31:00 This time of year-just as the Everest climbing season is about to kick off–you begin to see some rather large publications taking a closer look at climbing and mountain climbers. Scientific American , one of the leading science magazines in the United States, has recently published a study taking a look at the effects of ... More About: Brain
Dogsledding Ellesmere Island: Will Steger?s Latest Adventure in Global War
2008-04-06 03:43:00 Legendary Polar explorer, Will Steger, has began yet another adventure–dogsledding the 1,400 miles of Ellesmere Island . Steger, who is 63, will be teaming with 6 other members for his latest adventure that range in age from 21-28. I guess he has to show the ‘young pups’ how it is done;) ExplorersWeb tells us that ... More About: Global Warming , Adventure , National Geographic , Global
Don?t Weaken National Park Gun Laws?A Reader?s View
2008-04-06 02:37:00 Editor’s Note: The following article is in response to a post I made concerning the US Government and the relaxation of gun laws in our National Park system. There has been great debate over this issue in the public, and in an effort to gain insight on both sides of the issue I have ... More About: Laws , Reader , View
Everest 2008: The NEW Rules of Everest?Electronics Locked Up, All Communic
2008-04-04 04:36:00 Finally there has been a confirmation regarding the rules of Everest in 2008 . I made a post earlier in the week with a list of ‘preliminary’ rules gathered from EverestNews. It does seem that most of these have been, in fact passed. ExplorersWeb broke in today with the official permit paper to be ... More About: Electronics , Locked , Rules
Eco Everest 2008?The Press Release
2008-04-03 21:06:00 Dear Friends in the Media, Thank you for your interest and attendance at the Eco Everest Expedition 2008 press conference held on 11 February at the Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu . We also thank all those who have written to us seeking more information on this unique event which combines climbing and climate change. Please refer to our website http://www.ecoeverest.net.np for more details. As ... More About: Press Release , Nepal , Press
Search for the Yeti: Climber Recalls Hunt with Sir Edmund Hillary
2008-04-02 01:46:00 The Telegraph, a newspaper based out of Calcutta, India , has published an interesting article in today’s edition concerning Sir Edumnd Hillary ’s famed hunt for the Yeti. Almost 50 years ago, Bhanu Banerjee accompanied Sir Hillary in his pursuit through the Himalayas for the Abominable Snowman from 1961-62. The expedition was funded in part ... More About: Search , Sir Edmund Hillary , Hunt
Backpacker Magazine Launches Online Blogs
2008-04-02 01:29:00 If you haven’t been to Backpacker Magazine lately, I highly suggest you give them another look. I think the Online presence of Backpacker Magazine has greatly benefited from it’s most recent upgrade. They are now offering numerous articles, trail guides, gear reviews, survival skills ect. in a new format that completely makes-over their ... More About: Blogs
Everest 2008: International Criticism for Nepal?s Tibetan Treatment
2008-04-02 00:23:00 Amnesty International and International Rights Watch have become the first International organizations to lay down an official protest with Nepal ’s government concerning the recent treatment of Tibet an refugees in their country over the last month. With much emphasis being placed on China for cracking down on Tibetan protests across Tibet leading in to the 2008 Beijing ... More About: Everest
Everest: A Climb for Peace
2008-04-01 22:32:00 Everest: A Climb for Peace is a new documentary that should be hitting the shelves shortly chronicalling a United Nations endorsed climb up the world’s highest peak. The climb takes place in 2006 and involves nine individuals from nine different cultural and religious backgrounds. The documentary is being narrated by none other than ... More About: Everest
EVEREST 2008: ENTER KATHMANDU?Climbers begin arriving..and STING, too
2008-03-31 07:11:00 I am beginning to receive the first dispatches in regards to this season’s Mt. Everest climb. Climbers are beginning to trickle in to Kathmandu, where they are meeting up with teammates and guides–still trying to figure out just what kind of rules and stipulations will be enforced from May 1st-10th. Most are enjoying ... More About: News , Sports , Music , China , The Police
Everest 2008: Preliminary List of Rules for May 1st-10th on Mt. Everest an
2008-03-28 16:35:00 EverestNews has put up a bulletin today with a list of drafted rules for the South Everest and Lhasa climbs this season. They state that these rules are preliminary and still need approval before they take effect. These rules only regard the May 1-10th climbing period. It is not known at this time if certain ... More About: Everest , List , Rules , 2008 , Mt. Everest
The First, no, The Second Ascent of Brain Freeze
2008-03-28 07:59:00 Dougald Macdonald has put up an interesting piece on his blog–The Mountain World– concerning a new route put up in Rocky Mountain National Park. Dougald says he spotted the possible route last year on the south face of Mt. Otis. He then waited till March, which he was hoping would be the perfect time to ... More About: Freeze , Brain
Everest 2008: Sir Ranulph Fiennes?Back to Everest
2008-03-28 06:33:00 Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ will be embarking on his second trip to Mt. Everest this season. The legendary adventurer and explorer should need no introduction, but be it as it may, here is a brief rundown of what Sir Ranulph Fiennes has accomplished in over 40 years of adventure: A member of the Transglobe Expedition from 1979-1982 ... More About: Back , 2008
?I was supposed to be laying out the ropes that will be used by expeditions
More articles from this author: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 ... More About: News , China , Everest , Nepal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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