from The Alpinist - newswire
O n June 26, a British hiker discovered the bodies of six mountaineers in the French alps. The identities of the climbers, three men and three women, have not been released yet, but they are thought to be French. An investigation of the cause of the fall is underway, but the victims were found roped together in two teams of three. Their bodies have been flown to the nearby village of Villar-d'Arene for examination. They are thought to have fallen about two hundred meters into a steep ravine, near the ...
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from The Mountain Blogspot
I found this the other day and thought it applied well to our Broad Peak trip. We'd already agreed as a team that $20 is going into the DEC fund for every time somebody has a row but maybe it should be extended to breaking the rules... Original Credit, Howard Tomb: http://recparks.asp.radford.edu/faculty/behavior.htm Expedition Behavior The Finer Points Howard Tomb A good expedition team is like a powerful, well-oiled, finely tuned marriage. Members cook meals together, carry burdens together, face ...
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from Climber's Blog
What happens when your identity is so completely wrapped in who you are when youre outdoors that if youre indoors you dont know who you are any more? Or if you spend your youth pushing boundaries on crags and in mountains, only to find that exchanging it for scaling the rocky face of a career [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Keywords:
Expedition Week,
expedition,
April 3,
Nat Geo Channel,
week,
Trevor,
fun,
$10,000 in funding,
Egypt's Lost Rival,
expedition of their choice
Expedition Week returns to the National Geographic Channel starting this weekend, with a fantastic line-up of shows, including two new premiere's each night. The fun begins on Sunday, April 3rd, with the debut of Eating with Cannibals and Finding Jack The Ripper , which promises to present new clues as to the identity of that infamous killer. Things are just getting started from there though, as some of the most interesting programming is scheduled for later in the week. For instance, I'm excited about the
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from The Alpinist - newswire
The 18th Piolets d'Or ceremonies were held April 7-10, 2010 in Chamonix, France and Courmayeur, Italy. Now in its second year since an abrupt termination in 2008 , the revived event continues to struggle for its new identity. After the 2008 hiatus, the Piolet d'Or returned in 2009 with a new charter designed to celebrate the spirit of alpinism rather than quantify it. Instead of awarding a single golden ice ax, last year's jury presented axes to three out of six nominated teams, awarding each for ...
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from Colorado MoJo
Somewhat surprisingly, we didnt get a winner in this weeks mystery resort contest. Pete Bronski gives us the reveal:
The identity of the mystery photo is Little Annie, located on the west side of Richmond Hill, off the backside of Aspen Mountain. As a Powder Ghost Town, its a tiny bit misleading, in the sense that [...]
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