News from the world of exploration and adventure
Conrad Anker’s Altitude Everest Team, the last on the mountain for the Spring season, has begun their summit push, moving up to C2 to rest tonight. MountEverest.net is reporting that five climbers and cameramen, along with 15 Sherpas set off to begin their bid this morning. I reported that the the summit attempt was going … Read more
I had a little chat with writer David Ferris earlier today and he passed on the link to his personal blog that has a lot of interesting stuff that I though everyone might be interested in. For starters, David is a personal fitness and running coach besides being a writer, and you can find out … Read more
Vertical Limit debuted tonight on HD-Net Movies an all high-def movie channel owned by Mark Cuban. I don’t think I’ve watched it since the first time I saw it back in 2000 when it was released, so I turned over just to see how it looked in high-def. I have to say, the movie looks … Read more
>Does the thought of peddling your old, run down, beat-up, Huffy make you want to scream? Well, never fear as there are plenty of suggestions on what to replace it with on the web today. For instance, Outside Online has the low down on four new mountain bikes that are sure to get your heart … Read more
With the two teams summitting yesterday, the mountain is now all but empty. On the North side, Conrad Anker’s Altitude Everest Team has finished acclimatization and will be heading up for their summit attempt soon. Alan Arnette notes on his Everest 2007 page that the team will be attempting their summit push starting around the … Read more
WetDawg.com has a news story posted that says L.L. Bean is planning on building an outdoor “adventure center” in Freeport, Maine with the hopes of attracting thousands of visitors to the area. The plan is to build a facility that will allow visitors to hike, bike, play golf or cross-country ski on the grounds, or … Read more
MountEverest.net has gotten word from the mountain and both the DCXP Team and the Project Himalaya Team are safe back in C2 after both teams summitted earlier today. They report conditionson the summit have gotten very windy, thus likely closing the weather window for now. On DCXP, Robert Jackson, David Chiew and Mark Sheen, along … Read more
MountEverest.net has posted an update on the teams still on Everest and as predicted last week, the weather window seems to have opened for a late summit push. The DCXP Team and the Project Himalaya team have moved up to Camp 3 and are making their summit bids tonight. Meanwhile, the Altitude Everest team, with … Read more
ABC News has published a nice article on the Everest Season that has just passed (for the most part!), and does a pretty good job of accurately discussing the issues at hand on the mountain, including the over crowding, the dangerous conditions, and death on the mountain, with the obligatory mentioning of David Sharp. Over … Read more
The Everest season isn’t quite done yet, and a couple of teams are going to try to stretch it as far as possible. Alan Arnette is reporting on his Everest 2007 page that the Project Himalaya Team are hanging tight at hoping for a June 3rd weather window. If all goes well, the four climbers … Read more
