News from the world of exploration and adventure
Mountaineering Expert Julie Kittams has told the Associated Press that it’s not a great idea to bring a dog on a challenging climb. She says that they can slow down your efforts, and keeping track of them can be like watching over an injured teammate, and can prevent a climber from being able to get … Read more
NationalGeographic.com has posted a nice article on the Global Warming 101 expedition that I first posted on a few weeks back. This is the expedition, led by Will Steger, to the Baffin Islands to investigate the effects of global warming on the environment, and the wildlife, but also the Inuit Indian tribes that live in … Read more
Yesterday I posted this blog entry on Simone Moro giving up his summit bid on Broad Peak, but as Lee Corso is fond of saying “Not so fast my friends!” Early today came word that the summit push was indeed on. The weather turned out to be much better than expected, and rather than simply … Read more
Popular Mechanics has a blog entry from the Yukon Quest, a 1000 mile long dog sled race that is one of the crown jewels of the sport. In the blog, photographer Ken Tape follows along as one of his friends who is racing in the event, which is now more than 700 miles in. The … Read more
For while last year I was regularly linking to Terri Schneider’s Blog over at MountainZone.com Terri is an endurance athlete who has competed in adventure races, triathlons, ultramarathons, and more. We even followed her closely through the Gobi March last year. Then there was a long drought of blog posts, and Mountain Zone didn’t seem … Read more
The Alpinist is reporting that a team of five Japanese climbers have made a first ascent on Panbari Himal , a remote peak in Nepal. The 6905 meter peak is situated north of Manaslu, close to the border with Tibet. The region was closed off to visitors until the early 90’s and is just now … Read more
MountEverest.net has published the Sixth and final article from Human Edge Tech on shooting video on Everest. This particular artilce moves away from the video elements of the past articles, and focuses more on the basics, such as choosing a media format, and good old fashioned story telling. The article also discusses “new media”, which … Read more
Here’s a cool project that was brought to my attention earlier tonight and ought to be of interest to all of you ski bums and bunnies out there. Freelance writer and skiier Eric Segalstad from Boulder, Colorado has spent the last two months in the Kashmir region of India skiing the remote mountain regions less … Read more
Today we have Part 5 of the Human Edge Tech articles on video and other technology on Everest. In the last article they discussed video conferencing and I mentioned the need for having a broadband Internet connection on the mountain, and very briefly touched on what was needed. This article discusses the technology you need … Read more
Check out this amazing story brought to us courtesy of MSNBC about a woman who got caught in a freak storm that sucked her paraglider up to 32,000 feet! Ewa Wisnerska of Germany was paragliding in Australia, preparation for an upcoming event, when she was pulled into a tornado like storm that caused her to … Read more
