from The Adventure Blog
Speaking of adventurous destinations. My friends over at the Montana Office of Tourism released the video below a few months back, but now that winter is just a few days away, it makes for an even better reminder of what that state has to offer. I was lucky enough to visit Montana and Yellowstone last January, and absolutely loved it. The video below will tell you why you should go soon too! MONTANA: Shaped by Winter from Montana Office of Tourism on Vimeo .
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from The Alpinist - newswire
What started as a joke a month ago has become a serious plan as Thijs Zonneveld gains support from Dutch skiers and climbers for the construction of an artificial mountain in the Netherlands. Though he concedes the project will take many years and many euros, Zonneveld has met with engineering and architecture firms to frame the possibilities for recreation, housing and tourism. When the project is complete, a mountain approximately one kilometer high and five kilometers wide will cover the otherwise flat
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Alpinist reported a preliminary news flash on terrorist activity around Mt. Elbrus on February 23 , stating that authorities had closed the mountain to tourists and climbers in response to terrorist activity. Several events have developed since our initial report but the situation in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region has not improved. Russian authorities amended the initial report that three militants had been killed, stating instead that eight to ten well armed militia escaped police raids and air ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
News Flash: The following news flash is a preliminary report posted as a service to our readers. Alpinist will post updates as the situation changes.-Ed. Russian presidential envoy Alexander Khloponin has suspended tourism around Mt. Elbrus in response to multiple terrorist attacks in the area over the weekend. Reports say three people were killed and two more were injured when unidentified assailants fired on a van carrying tourists to the Mt. Elbrus ski area in Kabardino-Balkaria. An explosion on Friday
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from INCLINED
Keywords:
peak,
Pakistan Peak Fees,
unsettled security situation,
Ministry halved costs,
Pakistani Ministry,
proposed 2011 increase,
6,500 meters,
Pakistani Ministry of Tourism,
AAC Moves,
nation in spite
American Alpine Club President Steve Swenson recently posted a letter to the Pakistani Ministry of Tourism to protest its proposed 2011 increase in Peak Royalty Fees. In 2002, attempting to lure climbers to the nation in spite of the unsettled security situation, the Ministry halved costs for expeditions attempting any peak greater than 6,500 meters, [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Yesterday I posted the news that a Sherpa was already plotting to break Jordan Romero's recently claimed record as the youngest person to summit Everest. The 13-year old American topped out on May 22nd, and now Pemba Dorje Sherpa is looking for an even younger climber to guide to the summit in order to break that record, possibly even his own son, who will turn 10 later this year. In that story that I posted yesterday I noted that Nepal has an age requirement for climbing Everest, and won't issue permits
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from The Alpinist - newswire
M ore than a hundred previously restricted peaks in India's Jammu and Kashmir regions will open to climbing this upcoming season. As reported in the December 29, 2009 NewsWire , the India Mountaineering Federation and India's Ministry of Tourism had proposed the measure last year; now with approval from India's Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Home Affairs, the measure will go into effect this summer, opening at least 104 mountains. Affected summits range from 3000 to 7800 meters, or 9,842 to 25,590 ...
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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 Arc'teryx Latest News
A story by Mikael af Ekenstam I recently teamed up with fellow Arc’teryx athlete Tomas Bergemalm and friends Lars, Björn, Fia, Johanna and Per Åge to explore the mountains on and near the Lofoten islands in Northern Norway. The newly built highway Lofast, connecting Lofoten with the mainland, has opened up new possibilities in spectacular mountains. So we set out from the town of Narvik with open minds and a loosely-knit plan: skiing roadside mountains and sleeping in small traditional villages along
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from The Adventure Blog
As many of you know, I'm a regular contributor over at the great travel site Gadling.com . It is tradition over there to write April Fool's Day posts that bag on the travel industry, tourism, and so on. Today being April 1st, most of the items going up on the site are fun and playful, but not all that serious. I have to confess that I'm not a huge fan of April Fool's Day on the internet. I'm not a fan of everyone trying to pull a prank on their readers and for the most part, the stuff is fairly lame. That
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