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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 ...
By: The Adventurist
The North Face Seven Summits Everest Hat (Unisex) - $9.98
2007-12-12 23:15:00 Save 50% - Get The North Face Seven Summits Everest Hat at Eastern Mountain Sports for a low $9.98. The cap features a flexfit design for a great fit, a Seven Summits Everest logo embroidered on front, and altitude of the peak embroidered on back. A can’t miss gift for any Everest Enthusiast.
Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on AAPL, LVS, CY, CPO, and DAI
2007-11-07 15:38:00 Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on AAPL, LVS, CY, CPO, and DAI CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago http : / / www . iotogo . com / s / 110707B ( Note : You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ ENTER ] key . )Today’s PriceWatch Alerts cover ...
The Adventurist: The Seven Summits?A Big Announcement
2007-10-14 05:52:00 Once again I am delighted to be able to make another big announcement to all of my readers here at The Adventurist. The goal of the Seven Summits–the highest peak on each of the seven continents–happens to be one of the great adventures of out time. Few have attempted it and even fewer have succeeded. An ...
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Mt. Kosciuszko or Carstenz Pyramid, Which is the True Seventh Summit?
2007-10-11 07:05:00 The debate over the Seven Summits has reigned on for years now. Some claim Carstenz Pyramid, the highest point on the island of New Guinea, is the Seventh and final summit to this quest. Others contend that Mt. Koskiuszko, on Australia is the true Seventh Summit. So who is right? Here is an interesting piece from ...
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New Assault on the Seven Summits
2007-09-10 19:54:00 Brendon Bratt and Andrew Hillery are planning on assaulting the Seven Summit quest this Spring, yet they have never climbed a mountian before.. The two natives of New Orleans, LA have put together a plan to tackle the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Their motivation? Tackling mother nature for putting their butts out ...
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The Next Big Thing: The Adventurist Teams Up With Adventure Sports Weekly
2007-08-10 21:05:00 The old saying goes –when opportunity knocks, you had better answer the door. Well, in a sense I have answered the door. A couple of days ago Editor Wina Sturgeon from Adventure Sports Weekly contacted myself and was interested in discussing what I do here at The Adventurist. After a lengthy discussion about our sites, our ...
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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 ...
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Everest 2007 Update: Mass Exodus For Summit, as Day 2 Summit Push Begins
2007-05-15 21:34:00 Day two is shaping up to be busier than today as far as Everest and the push for the summit go. From the North Side, there will possibly be another 50-60 people attempting the climb up the North Ridge Route, and from the South, many are expecting the same. Here are the teams to look for: From the North The ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
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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 ...
By: The Adventurist
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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Responsibility and Death on Everest: An Adventurist Editorial
2007-04-25 21:46:00 I am finding something a little bit disturbing as the 2007 Everest climbing season takes shape. First, I am going to post three little snippets and then I will go in to more detail: “Gazing up at the Col we were mesmerized by the slow train of “black dots”, gasping their way higher - sometimes so ...
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Sir Edmund Hillary: Your Thoughts, Your Prayers
2007-04-25 01:15:00 It is being widely reported today that Sir Edmund Hillary has been injured in a fall. Sir Hillary was the first person, along with his climbing sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to summit Mt. Everest. It has been noted that Hillary is not suffering “Life-Threatening”- injuries and that his progress is going well. Hillary is 87 years old ...
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14 Year Old To Kick Off Seven Summits Quest
2007-03-19 17:31:00 Pictured above (in the red shirt) is 14 year old Canadian Brandon Schupp. Brandon is embarking on a journey that will hopefully land him on the 7 highest summits on 7 different continents, all in hopes of raising awareness and money for Canadian Children Fighting Cancer. Brandon’s Quest had it’s beginnings last year as the 13 ...
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Three women, seven summits
2006-08-08 12:00:00 Evelina Tshabalala, Zuki Matamo and Nomawethu Nika from Mandela Park informal settlement in Cape Town are used to coping with hardship. That's why they're not daunted by their latest project: to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents and, in the process, become the first black women to conquer Everest. |
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