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This Website Has Moved?Effective Immediately?May 26, 2008
2008-05-26 10:12:00 The Adventurist has “officially” moved to http://www.skinnymoose.com/adventurist Over the past few days I have been able to complete this process and get everything transferred over to the new site. This includes ALL articles, comments, pages, photos, ect. The Adventurist’s New Home is now at http://www.skinnymoose.com/adventurist Things are still the same. Just a new home. You May ... More About: Website , Effective , 2008
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/adventurist <<<<<<<<& #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 ... More About: The Adventurist , Update , Quick
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 ... More About: Scott Fischer , Christine Boskoff , Complete , Coverage
Everest 2008: Sherpas Summit Mt. Everest From the South Side
2008-05-20 17:14:00 More Breaking News?More Breaking News?More Breaking News 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 ... More About: Sherpas , South , Summit , Side
Inaki Ochoa in Trouble on Annapurna?Nearly Unconscience at Camp 5
2008-05-20 17:11:00 Breaking News–Breaking News–Breaking News 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 ... More About: Camp , Ochoa
Everest 2008: South Col to the Summit of the World?Alan Arnette Heads Out
2008-05-20 15:10:00 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 be sure to UPDATE any BOOKMARKS or previous RSS Feed Subscriptions. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause, but I ... More About: World , The World , South , Summit
Everest 2008: Massive Push For The Summit of Mt. Everest
2008-05-20 08:33:00 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 be sure to UPDATE any BOOKMARKS or previous RSS Feed Subscriptions. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause, but I ... More About: Summit , Push , Mt. Everest
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 ... More About: Announcement , Huge
100 Miles of Namib Desert?Marathon Style
2008-05-17 20:02:00 Awesome Video of one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathons on the planet, The 100 Miles of Namib Desert. The Team Geared Up blog, as well as their newest columnist, Eduard Martinell get the tip of the hat for bringing this to my attention. Looks to be an amazing race. I will have ... More About: Africa , Style , Namibia , Marathon
?Free Tibet 2065??New Route Established on Ama Dablam
2008-05-17 19:27:00 Francesco Fazzi (Italy ) and Santiago Padros (Spanish) have established a new route up the west face of Ama Dablam. The new route, being called “Free Tibet 2065″, was established over a period of two days where the duo then climbed down via the normal southwest ridge. The new route established, could actually be ... More About: Nepal , Spain
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 ... More About: Huge
Swimming With Sharks-Steve Casimiro Style
2008-05-17 08:16:00 The first time you swim with sharks should be dramatic. There should be storm-tossed seas, fang-like Farallon Islands jutting from the water, hungry great whites thrashing as the first mate chums stinky fish guts overboard. You?re shivering into your cold chain mail shark suit as the grizzled sea dog captain growls, ?Arr! Don?t be a-worryin?, lad! I?ve only lost three ... More About: Swimming , Steve , Adventure , National Geographic , Style
Legendary Dixon Lake Bass Found Belly Up?25 Pound Monster Took the World by
2008-05-17 07:52:00 I recently covered Darin Opel’s amazing catch of a 92 pound carp in the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. Seems like big fish are just jumping out of the boat, so to speak, in the media. Outdoor Life’s Newshound Blog covers another big’un. A monster fish, this one a bass, has turned up ... More About: World , The World , Monster , Bass , Dixon
Annapurna IV: Summit Push On For American Team Planning First Ski Descent
2008-05-17 07:04:00 Ben Clark, Tim Clarke, and Josh Butson are currently making their summit push on the 24,680 Ft. peak of Annapurna IV. The three of them, if successful in achieving the summit, are then planning to ski down! If successful, this would mark the first ski descent ever on Annapurna. Skiing on the world’s highest ... More About: Colorado , Everest , Planning , American , Team
Everest 2008: Alan Arnette Heads For the Summit! Go Alan, Go!
2008-05-16 18:08:00 I have just received word that my good friend, Alan Arnette, will be heading for the summit of Mt. Everest possibly today. (US Time) In his latest update he has outlined Mountain Professionals’ plans to begin their summit push on the 17th. As with the Chinese summit push a couple of weeks ago, we must ... More About: Denali , Summit , Heads
Storm Over Everest: Your Thoughts
2008-05-16 07:11:00 Check Out the Complete Coverage of Everest 2008, Now Taking Place. I recently had the opportunity to watch the PBS Special Frontline: Storm Over Everest. I have to say that it surprised me how well this all came together. David Breashears, who directed and produced this documentary, done a wonderful job of representing what ... More About: Thoughts , David Sharp , Into Thin Air
Santiago Quintero Rescued on Makalu After Summit
2008-05-16 03:09:00 An interesting high altitude rescue attempt has been taking place over on Makalu over the past couple of days. Santiago Quintero has been officially brought down to Makalu base camp after he recently succeeded in summiting, but then fell victim to HACE (High-Altitude Cerebral Edema) on his descent. Santiago’s summit was reached without the use ... More About: Aconcagua , Explorers , Summit
The Sportsman Channel Goes Solo
2008-05-16 02:09:00 Official Press Release from PRNewswire NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. (IMO), the industry leader and largest provider of Outdoors content, and parent company of The Sportsman Channel (TSC), today announced that it chose not to renew its programming agreements with The Outdoor Channel (TOC), in order to shift its highly-rated and award-winning television shows to The ... More About: Solo
Indiana Jones and the Archaeological Institute of America
2008-05-16 00:16:00 Alright, so perhaps my title doesn’t make you want to run out to movie theaters. Then, again, it isn’t suppose to. Indiana Jones, or rather Harrison Ford , who plays Indiana Jones in the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Opening on May 22 in a theater near you) has ... More About: America , Archaeology
Animals Running Wild in Our Neighborhoods
2008-05-15 23:57:00 There are quite a few big stories related to some unruly wild animals making their way to the suburbs and cities of America. Either we are starting to infringe a bit more on their territory, or they have taken up a general liking of Starbucks. We all know one is never to far ... More About: Running , Animals , Wild , Neighborhoods
Backpacker Magazine?s April Issue Is now Online!
2008-05-15 23:33:00 Ted Alvarez, over at the Daily Dirt blog, has brought it to my attention that Backpacker Magazine ’s April 2008 issue is now online (for free). Did I mention it is FREE? I think I might have… The latest edition features Backpacker’s Editors’ Choice Awards. A great guide to some of the hottest and ... More About: Rainier , Online , Iceland
Fusion Man: Yves Rossy and his Fusion Flight Suit
2008-05-15 08:00:00 Lance Trumbull, over at the Everest Peace Project, and director of the award-winning documentary Everest: A Climb for Peace, passed along a tip through email about an interesting article he had ran across-I have to agree, this is quite interesting– Yves Rossy, a Swiss inventor and aviation enthusiast, recently unveiled a flight suit that he has ... More About: Fusion , Flight , Suit
Hunting (Or Fishing) For that Trophy
2008-05-15 01:57:00 Hunters and Fishermen are proud people. Some of them have been at it for years, but they can always remember that first trophy buck or the first 10 pound bass they reeled in. Many of them still have that first kill mounted on a wall. You make the catch or kill of a lifetime, ... More About: Fishing , Trophy , Hunting
Attention Hikers: DEA Needs YOUR Help
2008-05-15 01:34:00 The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) is looking for a few good hikers. They are calling on you to be vigilant while in the backcountry. If you happen to go near an area where a certain drug–marijuana–is seen growing, they advise that you please back away slowly, then contact your local law enforcement agency. They ... More About: Marijuana , Attention
Everest 2008: The Wait Begins For the Summit Window
2008-05-15 00:38:00 Most expeditions are currently sitting at base camp. The acclimatization process before the final summit bid has been completed and now climbers are just waiting it out, trying to get refreshed and renewed. Ropes are currently heading up to the South Summit , and should be set any day now. Peak Freaks suggest that they ... More About: Earthquake , Everest , Window , Wait
Only God Knows Why?.
2008-05-14 09:09:00 Click the Video and Enjoy as You read this Post! Some people love him. Some people hate him. For once, perhaps, Kid Rock has gained a moment of redemption–in one city’s eyes. (No, I haven’t turned this site into the latest rendition of PerezHilton) Kid Rock recently helped out a local boy scout troop in Orlando, Florida. ... More About: Perez Hilton
Everest 2008: Alan Arnette Shares Some Thoughts on Everest 2008
2008-05-13 21:14:00 You know, Everest 2008 has the potential of being remembered for all the controversy. Commercial websites, climbing magazines, the general press and party conversation will take delight in discussing the villains. But for most of the climbers here it is all about the climb. Yes April was difficult and some of the experiences would have been ... More About: Thoughts , Shares , Alan
Murder on Makalu? A Strange Story Emerging From the World?s Fifth Highest
2008-05-13 08:15:00 I recently posted about some successful summits taking place on Makalu, the world’s fifth highest peak–just 14 miles east of Mt. Everest. Today, a strange story has emerged over on ExplorersWeb about a Sherpa who has died on Makalu, either by falling or being pushed off the mountain, while climbing with his expedition party. From ... More About: Murder , World , Story , The World , Strange
Should Search and Rescuers Be Compensated For Rescuing?
2008-05-13 07:43:00 Tragedy has a way of spawning debate. In 2006, three climbers were lost atop of Mt. Hood. After Search and Rescue operations continued for weeks, one climber was found dead, two more continue to be missing. In the proceding weeks after this tragedy, that was spawned on to television screens across the nation, a general ...
Summits on Makalu?More Summits on Dhaulagiri
More articles from this author:2008-05-13 05:45:00 The Himalayan climbing season is running full speed ahead. The Adventure Blog tipped me off to a special Himalayan update posted on MountEverest.net with some of the latest news concerning peaks other than Mt. Everest. Here’s a quick wrap: Makalu Spanish climber Juanito Oiarzabal, along with his climbing Sherpa Pasang Nuru and Roberto Rojo, topped ... More About: Dhaulagiri 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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