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Olympic Torch on Mt Everest Summit
2008-05-08 21:13:00
The Olympic torch made it to the top of Mt Everest on Thursday May 8. A Tibetan woman took the torch the last few steps to the summit shouting "Long live Tibet" along with the other climbers says this story in Routers.I'm set to climb to Mt Everest base camp this Oct with a group of six friends.Story via Straight to the Bar
Harassment on the High Peak: When an Everest Guide Does You Wrong
2007-08-03 07:14:00
For many of us, coming up with the $40-50,000 to take a once in a lifetime gamble on Mt. Everest seems like a lifetime away.  What if you spent that kind of cash only to be told that you weren’t climbing?  What if you spent that kind of cash, the guide tells you “No Go”, ...
The Fall of Bear Grylls
2007-07-28 02:21:00
ExplorersWeb is at it, yet again.  When I first started following this story, I questioned ExplorersWeb’s intentions.  Well it looks like they just may have been on to something.  Information is coming out of the woodworks on Bear, not only about his supposed flight over the top of Mt. Everest..but now it seems it may ...
Conrad Anker and Apa Sherpa Joining Forces?
2007-07-21 16:30:00
Conrad Anker, the man who became world famous for discovering George Mallory’s body on Mt. Everest, will be teaming up with his wife and Apa Sherpa to host a special “An Everest Evening.”  This event, scheduled for August 9th will take place in Snowbird, Utah. Apa Sherpa, who holds the record for climbing Mt. Everest the ...
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 ...
Global Warming and Mt. Everest: Is Everest Shrinking?
2007-07-12 19:30:00
Global Warming has become a huge subject around the world as of late.  If, indeed the world is in a warming crisis, perhaps the ones that should know are the Climbers. Today, in the Asian Journal Online, Reggie Pablo speaks out about this current issue and how it relates to Mt. Everest.  He, for one, should ...
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 ...
$5000 Charge for Wilderness Rescue Ignites Debate?Again.
2007-06-21 18:40:00
A Kansas man has been billed $5000 for a wilderness rescue after he injured his ankle while hiking along a steep hillside. This debate has been raging for well over a year now–whether or not people in the wilderness, when accidents happen, should be liable to pay for their rescue. Kansas is only one of a number ...
Free-Climbing the Second Step: A New Controversy Brewing..
2007-06-19 18:45:00
In the past two weeks, numerous reports of Conrad Anker and Leo Haulding’s, successful summit of Everest have been reported. Many of you will know that Conrad Anker and Leo Haulding set out a couple weeks ago to try to prove that George Mallory could have successfully summited Mt. Everest, by doing it themselves in equipment that ...
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 ...
David Tait on Top of the World?The Photo
2007-06-17 06:16:00
David Tait, who I covered extensively throughout this past Mt. Everest season has finally posted a photo of himself on the summit of Mt. Everest on his Everest Expedition Blog. I had the priviledge of conducting not one, but two exclusive interviews with David–one before his attempt to make the first ever Double-Traverse of Mt. Everest and ...
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 ...
Katsusuke Yanagisawa, 71, Becomes Oldest Everest Summiter Ever!
2007-05-30 18:13:00
For the second time in two years, a Japanese climber has become the oldest climber to summit Mt. Everest. Katsusuke Yanagisawa, 71 years–2 months–and 2 days old has claimed the title after making a successful summit on May 22.  Ang Tshering, President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, has confirmed this feat.  Katsasuke beat the previous record of ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summit Push Winding Down
2007-05-24 14:56:00
The huge summit push to the top of the world’s highest peak is finally beginning to wind down with a major storm forecast for tomorrow. Both Basecamps are starting to empty as the vast amount of teams that have already went up are packing their bags and heading home, but that doesn’t mean all of the ...
Everest 2007 Update: More Details on Two Rescues As Well As Another Missin
2007-05-23 17:25:00
Yesterday, I reported on two High Altitude Rescues taking place.  One was of a Nepalese Woman who had been stranded on the South Balcony, supposedly left behind by her team.  I now have more details on this incident. I recieved an anonymous tip yesterday identifying the climber as Usha Bista.  I have held on to this ...
Everest 2007 Update: Two High Altitude Rescues, More Summits, and a Possib
2007-05-22 21:47:00
Over the past day, two amazing rescues have occured at high-altitude, one each on the North and the South.  One rescue is cause for concern though, as we will see: Female Nepali Climber Abandoned at 27,500 Feet An Unknown female climber with the Democratic Nepal Everest Expedition was seemingly left for dead by her own team near ...
Sherpa Climbing Legend, Pemba Doma, Dead at 37
2007-05-22 20:11:00
Some tragic news coming from Lhotse today.  The Sherpa community has lost one their dear climbing legends, Pemba Doma Sherpa. Pemba Doma Sherpa was a two time Mt. Everest Summiter.  She completed her first ascent of the world’s tallest mountain on May 19, 2000, climbing up the North Ridge Route.  Two years later, on May 16, ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summits, Summits, and More Summits
2007-05-21 21:39:00
Yesterday I posted an Interview with David Tait as well as Alan Arnette’s BIG Announcement–both of these items were pretty big news.  I didn’t post my usual update yesterday with all the previously mentioned stuff going on…so guess what.  That means this is going to be one HUGE update covering the events that has been ...
Alan Arnette and the BIG Announcement!!
2007-05-21 03:14:00
My good friend, Alan Arnette, has made a big announcement today.  Over the course of talking with him this past week, he has quietly given a couple of clues… Our first clue came by way of his own website a couple of days ago when Alan mentioned his climbing plans for 2007.  We will get to that ...
The Adventurist: The David Tait Interview Pt. 2, Post Everest 2007
2007-05-21 01:17:00
In March of this year, The Adventurist had the priviledge of interviewing David Tait before he set off to climb Mt. Everest.  David’s ambitions were made very clear.  He wanted to become the first person to ever “Double-Traverse” Mt. Everest in the same season.  He was well prepared.  David had summited Mt. Everest previously in 2006 ...
Everest 2007 Update: David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse, Bandits on the
2007-05-18 02:50:00
I really have some mixed emotions reporting this news today and have waited in order to get my own thoughts in line.. David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse David Tait has called off his Double-Traverse of Everest after successfully summiting from the North to the South side two days ago.  I will let David explain from his own ...
Everest 2007 Update: More Summits Being Reported as Day Three of Everest S
2007-05-17 14:06:00
Day three of the massive push to the summit is coming to an end.  These three days have seen well over 150 summits occuring both on the North Ridge Route, as well as the South Col. Reported summits today include the whole Ice8000 Expedition as well as the London School of Business Team. From the Ice8000 Expedition: Everyone ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summits and Death on Everest
2007-05-16 19:18:00
Everyone knew that lastnight was going to be as busy or busier than the night before on the world’s highest mountain.  Here is a rundown to get everyone up to date on the happenings on Mt. Everest lastnight. Sadly, Three People Have Died It is being widely reported that there were a few deaths on Everest lastnight.  ...
Everest 2007 Update: Three Summits From North and First South Summits?
2007-05-16 05:01:00
Three Summits from the North have been confirmed at this time.  The three people involved are Carey Gibson, Dan Tebay, and Lhadpa Sherpa. Also from the South, EverestNews is reporting a pretty reliable source as saying Mountain Madness has reached the Summit by way of the South Col Route and Supersherpas aren’t far behind. Apa and Lhakpa ...
Everest 2007 Update 4: Two Canadians Reach Everest Summit
2007-05-15 18:45:00
Word is being brought down that two Canadian Climbers from Quebec, Serge Dessureault and Maurice Beausejour, have also reached the summit. ExplorersWeb is reporting that the two made it approximately a half hour apart.  They have noted that there is quite the “Log Jam” heading up to the summit today as more than 60 people are ...
Everest 2007 Update 3: Indian Army Team Lands 12 more on Everest Summit
2007-05-15 17:42:00
The Indian Army Team has confirmed that six twelve more members of it’s expedition team have made it to the top of Mt. Everest. The successful members of this team are as follows: Capt. DJ Singh Sub Marutu Khandagle Hav Balwant Singh Negi Hav Tshering Angchok Hav Amardev Bhatt Sep Sachin Patil Congratulations go out to this team as well.  They reached the ...
Everest 2007 Second Update, May 15, 2007: 50 Summits Reported Today..David
2007-05-15 17:28:00
David Tait Update David Tait has made it to lower ground on the South Side, arriving at Camp 2, along with his Sherpa Phurba Tashi, after successfully reaching the summit of Mt. Everest around 1:30 am this morning. Adventure Consultants, The team that will run David’s logistics on the South, are reporting that David and Phurba Tashi ...
Everest 2007 Update: DAVID TAIT SUMMITS, SummitClimb Summits 6..and more h
2007-05-15 12:32:00
David Tait Makes First of Two Summits!!  At 1:30 am this morning I recieved a new dispatch from David Tait. “To all you happy followers out there ? David reached the summit at about 1.30 am this morning!! Through the fierce noise of the wind, he sounded jubilant as you could imagine. Fingers crossed as he makes his ...
Everest 2007 Update: Olympic Torches Light Up Everest
2007-05-12 00:27:00
The Adventure Blog is reporting that the recent successful summit of 17 Chinese Climbers up the North Side of Everest–was also successful in their attempt to place the Olympic Torch at the summit, all while keeping it lit. China has been planning this event for quite a while now–and at last they can at least say ...
Everest 2007 Update: Pemba Dorje Sherpa and Furba Sherpa Claim Everest Summ
2007-05-11 07:59:00
A couple of days ago I mentioned that two Sherpa from the Indian Expedition up the North Side had claimed the summit.  Here is some more info on these two successful summit attempts. Pemba Dorje Sherpa claimed his 6th Everest Summit with climbing partner Furba Sherpa.   Here are the details from EverestNews: “and put  portraits of Apostle ...
Everest 2007 Update: Summit Quest is On!
2007-05-11 02:30:00
I am guessing that quite a few of my readers are  familiar with Alan Arnette’s great site, as well as Kraig’s over at The Adventure Blog.  Well both of these great sites have mentioned that there just may be a summit attempt in progress, as we speak, taking place on the South side. Alan Arnette goes ...
The Everest Chronicles: Rob Hall, Scott Fischer, and the Worst Tragedy in E
2007-05-10 15:58:00
May 10, 2007.  It has been 11 years since tragedy struck Everest in a blinding storm that claimed the lives of world-reknown mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. Eleven Years. Their story is one of much debate even to this day.  The tragedy is discussed on websites and forums around the world with one thing being ...
Everest 2007: Inside Himex Basecamp, From The Outside
2007-05-08 04:51:00
Nick Heil, a journalist for Outside magazine, has recently joined up with Russell Brice and his Himex team at Everest Basecamp and will be chronicling the Himex Everest Expedition this season for Outside magazine.  All of this is taking place in the Outside Blog. Some quick observations about Nick Heil’s Blog about this Expedition. First, is the ...
Everest 2007 Update: North Side Still Acclimatizing, South Side Getting Re
2007-05-08 02:51:00
I have been away for a couple of days due to a family emergency.  So as the process goes, I decided to head over to Alan Arnette’s great site to see what he has been reporting the past couple of days first. It seems like everything has started to take a nice “normal” pace as teams ...
TA LOEFFLER: Dream Unrealized But Life Regained
2007-05-07 23:53:00
Many of us who have been following this season’s Everest progression with all of the teams and expeditions have been going by TA Loeffler’s incredible Blog of this journey– Well after two bad bouts of sickness and losing some 25 pounds, it seems like TA has called off her bid for a chance to summit Everest. To ...
ExplorersWeb Taking a Stand?The Adventurist: A Call for Change
2007-05-04 18:02:00
ExplorersWeb has published a very strong editorial today about people dying on Everest…Here is a question they pose: “The questions is though, how many times will we have to witness a Kazakh, a Pole, a Spaniard or any other of the world’s foremost climbers rescue people in the death zone while we keep hearing amateur climbers ...
SuperSherpas Expedition gets Visit from Jamling Norgay
2007-05-04 16:53:00
Jamling Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay–the first Everest summiter along with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953–paid a special visit to the Supersherpa Basecamp for lunch and to wish them a safe journey. Jamling Norgay also told the crew at SuperSherpa Basecamp that he would participate in a documentary that the SuperSherpa Expedition is currently working on.  This ...
David Sharp HAD to Die on Everest
2007-05-03 17:17:00
People die on Mt. Everest.  That is a fact.  In fact until the last few years the statistic was that for every four people to make the summit, one would die.  In recent times (the 2007 Everest climbing season involves close to 1,000 individuals) that number has grown to one in twenty. Last season brought the ...
Maxut and Vissily?s Fight For Survival On Everest
2007-05-03 02:05:00
This week the two climbers from Kazakhastan, Maxut Zhumayev and Vassili Pivtsov claimed two of the first summits of Everest this season.  Their plan was to summit Everest with no O2 and unassisted, but as we are getting ready to see sometimes a plan doesn’t always work out… Maxut and Vissily began to have problems once ...
Everest 2007: Mostafa Salameh Calls it Quits
2007-05-02 02:42:00
Mostafa Salameh, The man trying to become the first person from Jordan to ever summit Everest, has called it quits. Mostafa’s attempt had generated wide spread publicity when it was learned that the reigning King of Jordan was sponsoring his expedition. Mostafa was climbing with the Mountain Madness team this season but had been battling sickness, pretty ...
SuperSherpas Assistant Basecamp Manager, Roger Kehr, Evacuated from Everest
2007-05-01 17:16:00
Roger Kehr, the Assistant Basecamp Manager to the SuperSherpa Expedition has been evacuated off of Everest due to health reasons. This is some disheartening news to myself, personally, as I have been in contact with Roger a few times and have gotten to know him.  He is a great guy and will be dearly missed with ...
BREAKING NEWS: SEVEN SUMMIT MT. EVEREST
2007-04-30 21:30:00
This news is coming in from all over the place right now…ExplorersWeb, Alan Arnette, The Adventure Blog and EverestNews is all reporting on the first Everest summits of the 2007 season today. First reports were that the two man team of Vassily Pivtsov and Maxud Zumaev had reached The summit of Everest at 6 pm Chinese ...
Everest 2007 Update: Dawa Sherpa Airlifted Off Everest, Camp 2 Damage and
2007-04-30 01:36:00
The South Col Route Update  Over the past couple of days many teams on the South side of Everest have been concentrating on tidying up their tents, preparing their packs for the venture higher, and in a word..resting. One thing that is being mentioned quite frequently though this weekend is the abundance of avalanches around the area. First ...
The Adventurist: Double Exposure
2007-04-29 03:30:00
It has been brought to my attention that this site, “The Adventurist”, is once again being mentioned in a couple of different places around the climbing community. As always, it is a great honor to be recieving recognition for something that is so enjoyable to do–as well as to know that I do have so many ...
Pat Hickey Reports Khumbu Icefall Back in Service
2007-04-28 02:17:00
As many expeditions and Everest News Sites were reporting earlier today, The Khumbu Icefall become the victim of a very early morning avalanche. As teams were setting out to cross the Khumbu and make their way to Camp 1, it was quickly noticed that they would have no chance of crossing today.  The avalanche completely wiped ...
Bill Burke on Dawa Sherpa?s Fatal Accident
2007-04-28 01:46:00
Bill Burke climbing with SummitClimb this year on the South Side of Everest had this to say about the Death of Dawa Sherpa on Everest yesterday: “It’s Bill calling from Camp 2 and there has been a terrible accident on the Lhotse face, which is where I was headed today. A Sherpa from one of the ...
Everest 2007: First Death On Everest Update
2007-04-28 00:29:00
A press release sent to Everestnews.com today updates the the circumstances surrounding the recent death of a Sherpa climber on Everest yesterday. The Sherpa’s name was Dawa Sherpa.  He was currently a member of the “International Everest Expedition” Team.  Mr. Dawa Sherpa was 40 years old. Mr. Dawa Sherpa died when he fell into the Kharpas crevasse while ascending from ...
Everest 2007: The Best of the Best
2007-04-27 03:59:00
It has been said many times before–You can fake your way to Everest Basecamp, but once you hit that mountain the higher camps will show who you are and what you are made of… Over the past couple of weeks The Adventurist has taken you from the trek in to Everest Basecamp on both the North and ...
Responsibility and Death on Everest: A Response Comes In?
2007-04-26 20:06:00
Yesterday I posted an editorial titled “Responsibility and Death on Everest”.  I am not going to go back and rehash what was said, but I will let you click the title and read it for yourselves. It seems like this issue is drawing some interest here as well as possibly opening up further dicussions in the ...
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