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Big City Mountaineers , that fantastic non-profit that seeks to inspire urban youth through wilderness experiences, has added a couple of big names to its board of directors. It was announced yesterday that Neil Fiske, CEO of Eddie Bauer , and mountaineer Ed Viesturs have joined the team to help lead the organization forward. Fiske says that he is excited to join the BCM family and that he'll be contributing Eddie Bauer gear to the cause to help encourage the next generation of outdoor adventurers and ...
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Yesterday I posted a story , complete with video of Ed Viesturs, about a First Ascent sponsored team of climbers who are headed to Antarctica to climb Mt. Vinson this month. The team, which consists of Viesturs, Peter Whittaker, Seth Waterfall, Caroline George, and Jake Norton, along with videographer Kent Harvey, set out for Punta Arenas on New Years Day, and were expected to make the flight to the frozen continent last night. There has been no word yet on whether or not that flight went off as planned,
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from The Adventure Blog
It is known as the "mountaineer's mountain", and unlike the taller, but technically less challenging Everest, it remains off limits for all but the most talented and dedicated of climbers. It is K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, but arguably the most deadly. It also happens to be the subject of a new book by Ed Viesturs which hits bookstores today, entitled K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain . While the general public remains fixated on Everest, K2 seems to epitomizes the ...
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Climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks is a game that few have chosen to play—Ed Viesturs is the only American to complete the task. It's expensive, dangerous, and it usually requires many years of commitment. (Viesturs spent 16 years bagging all of them.) So imagine the obsession that would prompt someone to climb them all again —that's what Basque climber Juanito Oiarzabal has announced he'll do. The 53-year-old, who finished his first round on the 8,000-meter peaks in 1999 and then lost
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K2 : Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs – Coming October 2009 – Pre-order your copy today !” About the Author : Ed Viesturs become the first American climber to reach the summit of all the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, in May, 2005 . This May, he summited Everest for the 7th time. He is the first American, and 12th person overall, to summit all fourteen mountains over 8000 meters (collectively known as the eight-thousanders ), and the sixth climber to do it without
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About the Author : Ed Viesturs become the first American climber to reach the summit of all the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, in May, 2005 . This May, he summited Everest for the 7th time. He is the first American, and 12th person overall, to summit all fourteen mountains over 8000 meters (collectively known as the eight-thousanders ), and the sixth climber to do it without bottled oxygen. * Ed Viesturs homepage : - http://www.edviesturs.com/ * see – Ed Viesturs the famous American climber Publisher ...
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Birthdate: 6/22/59 Specs: 5-foot-10, 165 pounds Home: Bainbridge Island, Washington Full Bio: Click here to view Ed Viesturs is America’s leading high altitude mountaineer, having climbed many of the world’s most challenging summits, including ascending Mount Everest seven times. He recently completed a 16-year quest to climb all 14 of the world’s highest mountains (above 8,000 meters) without the use of supplemental oxygen. In doing so, he became the first American and the 5th person in the world to
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