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15/10/2010 19:24
Climbing Himalayan mountains in the Fall can be risky at best. Each day is shorter, it is progressively colder and winter looms. So every summit, especially Everest, is highly valued by the climbers. This year, Fall 2010, we saw two summit successes of very different types. First up is the only Fall Everest summit since the Fall of 2008. Eric Larsen and his small Sherpa team summited Everest at around 6:35 AM local time on October 15th. They broke trail and fixed their own ropes on the way to the top. Eric reported in an emotional audio post from the summit that they summited . He later ... Details » |
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08/10/2010 13:42
The Economist Magazine “MOUNT EVEREST is singing for joy and the Brahmaputra River swirling with happiness”. Or so says an official Chinese newspaper (using the Tibetan names, Qomolangma and the Yarlung Tsangpo). After much delay, China has started to extend its controversial railway line in Tibet that will draw more tourists to the mountain and boost trade with South Asia. How happy the outcome will be is not so clear. Planning for the 253km (157-mile) line from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, to the region’s second city, Shigatse, began in 2002, four years before Lhasa ... Details » |
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30/07/2010 17:21
Charlie Wittmack plans a new slant on climbing Everest, by completing a triathlon that is being publicized as the possibly the toughest human endurance event yet conceived. The 33-year-old practising lawyer from Iowa, who is also involved with the Department of Global Health at Des Moines University, starts in the UK with a 275-mile swim down the Thames to the sea and then across the English Channel to France. From there he is planning to cycle 9,000 miles across Europe and Asia to reach the Bay of Bengal, his projected route taking in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan and China. He ... Details » |
22/07/2010 22:04
VIENNA (AFP) – At the age of 63, former US president says he has one more mountain to climb before he dies -- and that's Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Clinton revealed the secret goal -- along with his dream of running a marathon -- while in reflective mood at the 18th International AIDS Conference, where he made the keynote speech on Monday. He explained that one of his favourite movies was "The Bucket List," a 2007 film in which two terminally ill men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die, and then travel ... Details » |
11/07/2010 13:27
A team of three intrepid athletes is preparing to climb the seven highest mountains on all seven continents, and then paraglide down, to raise funds for charity. THE paraglider slowly drifted down from the blue sky, moving in broad circles as he lined up to land alongside a banner reading "Seven summits, 7 flights". Pierre Carter paraglides in to the press briefing at Delta Park Pierre Carter's aim was perfect - he landed softy and gently ran up to the crowd gathered in Delta Park in northern Joburg, his rectangular orange and white parachute ... Details » |
31/03/2010 16:24
Jordan Romero of Big Bear, Calif., is already an accomplished climber who has reached the tops of some of the world’s highest peaks. At age 10, Jordan and his parents climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Kosciusko in Australia, and Mount Elbrus in Europe, Outside Magazine reports. The next year, he was the youngest person ever to climb Aconcagua in South America and Denali in North America. Last year, he climbed Indonesia's Carstensz Pyramid, the highest point in Oceania and the so-called "eighth" summit. Now, along with his father Paul Romero and Paul’s partner, Karen ... Details » |
16/03/2010 16:12
Here is Ang Tshering’s letter in full: Namaste and warm greetings from Nepal. I am delighted to inform you that finally the Spring Expedition Season starting soon and I am pleased to share with you many interesting and positive news from Nepal. Apa Sherpa,World Record Holder for 19 ascents of Mt.Everest and Climbing Leader of Eco Everest Expedition is heading for 20th Summit on Mt.Everest this Spring and Asian Trekking family extends their all support and wishes for the success. Eco Everest Expedition: Once again this year Asian Trekking is organising the Eco Everest Expedition (2010). ... Details » |
11/12/2009 11:41
Happy International Mountain Day! Save the Himalayas The program will be organized as an accompanying event of the fifteenth conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to celebrate the International Mountain Day on December 11, 2009. Mountaineering icons, marching in summit gears on the streets of Copenhagen, will be joined by many mountain lovers in issuing a declaration to save the Himalayas from the impacts of climate change. After holding a historic cabinet meeting at a Mount Everest base camp last week, Nepal is all set to organize a march by ... Details » |
24/11/2009 01:13
Sherchan, left, shakes hands with Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in Kathmandu yesterday, as he receives a certificate formally recognising him as the oldest man to climb Mt Everest A 78-year-old grandfather from Nepal has wrested back from his Japanese rival the record of being the oldest man to conquer Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, at the age of 76. Min Bahadur Sherchan, a former soldier in the British army who quit his job to become a social worker, is now the proud holder of the record, vanquishing professional Japanese climber and skiier Yuichiro Miura. Though ... Details » |
16/03/2009 12:54
Nancy Norris is climbing a mountain whose Nepali name means "goddess of the sky." And some may call Norris the goddess of wellness -- at age 65, the petite grandmother of four will attempt to become the oldest North American woman to climb to the peak of Mount Everest. The mammoth Asian mountain in the Himalayan range is last on Norris` list to achieve a longtime dream: to break the record as the world`s oldest woman to climb the Seven Summits. In mountaineering talk, the Seven Summits comprise the highest summit on each of the Earth`s seven continents. Norris, a Hurley Health and Fitness ... Details » |
12/03/2009 20:35
"Tashi Delek and Happy Lhosar. May this New Year bring you all great happiness!" " "Once again it is almost time for another Climbing Season. With only less than one month left before the Expeditions depart to the mountains, we at Asian Trekking are busy preparing for this Spring Season, as all our expedition will be in the Nepal Himalaya." "Due to the feeling of uncertainty in the North Side of the Himalaya, most of our clients, and other expeditions, have decided to climb from the Nepal side. It seems that Nepal will be very busy this expedition season." Apa Sherpa for No 19 "As you may have ... Details » |
06/03/2009 18:26
A group of ten Nepali women mountaineers is all set to embark on a mission to seven summits - the highest mountains of the seven continents. The group, comprising women from six different districts and ethnic groups of Nepal, announced at a press conference in Kathmandu on Friday that they would scale Mount Aconcagua (6962 m) of South America, Mount McKinley (6194 m) of North America, Mount Kilimanjaro (5895 m) of Africa, Mount Elbrus (5642 m) of Europe, Mount Vinson Massif (4897m) of Antarctica, Mount Kosciusko (2228 m) of Australia and Mount Carstenz Pyramid (4884 m) of `Oceania`. They have ... Details » |
26/02/2009 14:55
The closure of Everest`s northeast ridge came after China told tourist agencies in Tibet to cancel all tours until April and stopped issuing entrance permits for Tibet to foreigners. Tensions in Tibet are running high ahead of the anniversary of the Dalai Lama`s flight into exile on March 10. Many Tibetans have chosen not to celebrate Tibetan New Year, or Losar, today (weds) to silently protest Chinese rule. China`s move to close off Tibet will ensure a news black-out in case of any repeat of the violence that broke out last March. Large squads of riot police have already been spotted by ... Details » |
18/02/2009 11:38
Three Nepalese brothers are to try to break a world record by staying on top of Mount Everest for 24 hours. Pemba Dorje Sherpa, aged 31, and his younger brothers Nima Gyalzen and Phurba Tenzing, intend to use their stay on the summit to pray for peace in Nepal and the world. They will take with them a 30cm (12-inch) statue of the Buddha to the peak. And they are vowing to stay there for 24 hours whatever the weather. Climbing Everest is almost second nature to the brothers, two of whom met the BBC at their small trekking agency in a back street of Kathmandu to explain their plans. Coming from ... Details » |
13/02/2009 08:26
KATHMANDU, Feb 12: A Japanese climber who scaled Mount Everest last year at the age of 75 said Thursday he has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to reach the world´s highest peak, AFP reported from Tokyo Thursday. Miura & Son Co Yuichiro Miura, who conquered Mount Everest despite having undergone two heart operations, had earlier congratulated Nepal´s Min Bahadur Sherchan, who was said to be 77 and reached the summit just two days before Miura. But Miura´s office showed a certificate from Guinness World Records, which gave him the title as the ... Details » |
03/02/2009 12:22
Lakpa Rita Sherpa has Seventh Summit in his sights with February climb of Mount Kilimanjaro Renowned mountain guide expected to make successful bid for summit on February 13th and will be the first Sherpa to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents (Renton, WA – February 2, 2009) – When Lakpa Rita Sherpa flies from Seattle on February 7th bound for Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, he goes knowing he has the privilege to do what no Sherpa has done before—climb the Seven Summits—the highest peaks on every continent. The 43-year old man, from Shoreline, ... Details » |
08/07/2008 17:48
The Tibetan Environmental Protection Bureau has announced the closure of the northern side of Mount Everest in an effort to clean up the rubbish abandoned on the mountain. New restrictions on the north face of Everest may be imposed next spring to facilitate cleanup operations on the highest mountain in the world. This news was broken by the Tibetan Environmental Protection Bureau a few days ago and it comes in the wake of the suspended climbing permits, imposed last May to enable the Olympic Flame to reach the summit undisturbed. Much of the world`s international press believes however that ... Details » |
14/05/2008 11:26
THT OnlineKathmandu, May 14 Record-holder climber Appa Sherpa has joined the Eco Everest Expedition at the Khumbu region and is likely to accompany the team to the top of the world. "Appa did not have any plan to scale Mt Everest this season but when he heard of the Eco Everest Expedition and its objective of highlighting the threats posed by Glacier Lake Outburst Flooding (GLOF) and creating awareness about the importance of environmental conservation of mountain ecosystems among the locals in the Sagarmatha area, he said he would join the team and their cause," Ang Chhering Sherpa, the ... Details » |
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