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Two famous Sherpa mountain guides are preparing to embark on another epic adventure in mid-January, when they set off to hike the entire length of the 1700km (1056 mile) Great Himalayan Trail . Starting on January 15th, Apa Sherpa and Dawa Steven Sherpa will begin the trek , which is expected to take roughly 120 days to complete. Touted as the highest altitude long distance trail in the world, the GHT isn't likely to pose much of a problem for these two men. Apa has reached the summit of Everest an ...
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A team of scientists researching the effects of climate change on the Himalaya have installed a solar powered webcam on Kala Patthar and aimed it at everyone's favorite mountain – Everest. The cam is only in operation from 6AM to 6PM local time (which means as I write this, it is off) but offers of views of the world's tallest mountain during daylight hours. The researchers have also set up a host of weather recording instruments and hope to use them in conjunction with the camera to monitor how Everest
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Ocean rower Roz Savage had to put a temporary halt on her attempt to row across the Indian Ocean a few days back thanks to an equipment failure. She is back on dry land at the moment, and hurriedly working to correct the problem, with an eye on returning to the ocean by as early as this weekend. While Roz had rowed some 350 miles, due to ocean currents and winds, she was still just 100 miles out form her starting point in Fremantle, Australia, when her automatic desalinization unit malfunctioned. That ...
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Over the past couple of years, the Catlin Arctic Survey team has been very active during the yearly Arctic Season. In 2009, a team of three explorers that included Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels, and Martin Hartley set out for the North Pole on foot, taking core samples of the ice as they went. Those samples would later be used to check the health of the Arctic pack-ice. In 2010, a new team, this time consisting of Daniels, Hartley, and Charlie Paton, made a similar trek, this time reach the Pole, while taking ...
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A few days back I posted a story about how recent photos showed the effects of climate change on Everest and the glaciers that surround it, when compared with similar photos taken by George Mallory back in 1921. The man who took those photos is none other than filmmaker and mountaineer David Breashears , who has directed a number of films on Everest, including the famous IMAX film from back in 1996. Breashears has been traveling throughout the Himalaya taking photos of other famous mountains and comparing
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World explorer and National Geographic journeyman Jon Bowermaster has been updating his Notes From Sea Level blog quite regularly. Jon is currently reporting in from Ibo Islanda single island from a string of 32 found off the coast of Mozambique. Jon really gives us an inside look of this little known island and makes us feel like we are right there with him. In his first Ibo Island post , Jon gives a nice overview of the island, where it lies, and some of the history. Oddly enough, Ibo Islands ...
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