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In a previous post, I discussed my feelings about the transformation of climbing into a luxury sport, at least at a certain end of the socio-economic spectrum. I posted a Youtube Video of an ad made by Citibank that features Katie Brown and Alex Honnold. Here's the video: Given the dismal economic picture in the US right now and the fact that big American banks in particular have had a great deal to do with it, it was natural that the ad would spark a certain degree of controversy. A forum post on Mountain
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from The Adventure Blog
Explorers Web is reporting that search parties on Annapurna called off their efforts to find three missing Korean climbers on Friday after finding no trace of the men.Park Young Seok, Dong-Min Shin and Gi-Seok Gang all went missing a few weeks back after they made an attempt to summit the 8091 meter (26,545 ft) peak late in the Fall season. The last anyone heard from them was on October 18th, when they radioed their Base Camp to let their support team know that they were turning back after encountering ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
2012 MUGS STUMP AWARD OPENS FOR APPLICATIONS OCTOBER 1, 2011 Ventura, CA (September 15, 2011) -- From October 1, 2011 through December 15, 2011, the 2012 Mugs Stump Award will be accepting grant applications from small climbing teams with fast and light alpine objectives. Established in 1993 to honor the late Mugs Stump, each year the Mugs Stump Award awards grants to a select number of individuals and teams whose proposed climbs present an outstanding challenge-a first ascent, significant repeat or first
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from The Adventure Blog
In what should come as no surprise to cycling fans everywhere, it was announced yesterday that Alberto Contador will ride in this year's Tour de France , despite a looming hearing with the International Cycling Union and World Anti-Doping Agency over allegations that he may have taken a banned substance. You may recall that the three-time defending Tour champion tested positive for the drug clenbuterol during last year's race and has claimed that the trace amounts detected in his system were a result of
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The National Park Service , along with local authorities near the Grand Canyon ,are searching for a small aircraft that hasn't been seen, or accounted for, since last Friday. The plane is believed to have gone missing in a remote region of the park, although no traces of it have been found so far. Last Sunday, a small aircraft flying over the park contacted the Grand Canyon Airport to inform them that he had detected an active Emergency Locator Beacon in a region about 30 miles from the Grand Canyon ...
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The evidence against three time defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador seems to be mounting. Last week we got the news that he had tested positive for a banned substance that may or may not have been a result of food poisoning. Today comes word of even more evidence, and this time it seems more damning. The Associated Press is reporting that a source familiar with the situation says that a urine sample submitted by Contador during this year's Tour contained eight times the amount of plastic in
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from The Alpinist - newswire
From October 1, 2010 through December 15, 2010, the 2011 Mugs Stump Award will be accepting grant applications from small climbing teams with fast and light alpine objectives. Established in 1993 to honor the late Mugs Stump, each year the Mugs Stump Award awards grants to a select number of individuals and teams whose proposed climbs present an outstanding challenge--a first ascent, significant repeat or first alpine-style ascent--with special emphasis placed on climbers leaving no trace of their passage.
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Eco-sensitive adventure magazine Wend has joined forces once again with the Leave No Trace program are teaming up on a great promotion. Throughout the month of August, $5 of every full priced Wend subscription will go directly to Leave No Trace. Additionally, Wend and LNT are also running a caption contest on the Wend Blog every Tuesday in August as well. Creative and witty readers will be asked to submit their entry for a great caption for a photo, with the winner being announced on the following Tuesday
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from Mountains and Water
Yesterday, I took the ferry from Peaks Island, where we are staying for a short vacation in Maine, into Portland. Growing up in South Portland, I learned to climb on the local sea cliffs and spent a lot of time climbing at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth. The rock is a a very featured and fragile metamorphic type offering all kinds of holds and moves, typically in a gorgeous setting. Deep eroded pockets and extruded fins of gold quartz are common making unique and interesting holds. Though the climbing is
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from Mountains and Water
I have been up in the high country quite a bit recently and have been considering what it is that makes alpine bouldering different from bouldering in the lowlands or the gym. Clearly above all it is the magnificence of the surroundings, their relative inaccessibility and the presence of powerful natural forces, sublime even, that have created the playground upon which we climb. Other famous bouldering areas in the US such as Bishop, Hueco, etc., in the end lack this fundamental characteristic of an ...
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