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Baruntse & Mera Peak Expedition 2011 Part 2

from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

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fixed rope, camp, base camp, Summit, Camp 1, days, Sleep, tent, hours, Roy

Arriving at Baruntse Baruntse Base Camp The arrival at Baruntse was impressive one, as BC, the moraine, and the towering Southwest face of Baruntse opened out in front of us. This was our home for the next 10 days. During the rest of this day and the next, the first rest days we had had for 17 days, we got straight down to business. We only had a scheduled 10 days on the mountain so every day counted. The two days were spent organising piles and many barrels of food, equipment for high on the mountain, and

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 46 views

Rainbow Slab poster to support North Wales Bolt Fund

from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news

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North Wales Bolt Fund, topo, A2 poster features, warmly, Rainbow Slab poster, impressive Rainbow Slab, Llanberis Slate guide Ground, wake of the warmly, wake, contributions

In the wake of the warmly received Llanberis Slate guide Ground Up has produced a run of special edition Rainbow Slab topo posters with a view to boosting contributions to the North Wales Bolt Fund. The A2 poster features a topo for the impressive Rainbow Slab, plus a few illustrative images and a Rogue’s Gallery of [...]

published: 5 months ago | downloaded: 5 months ago | 29 views

Five Years On, David Sharp Still Haunts Everest

from The Adventure Blog

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Sharp, Inglis, David, high altitude rescue, Everest, rescue, One, teams, mountain, Brice

In May of 2006, British mountaineer David Sharp died while climbing alone on Mt. Everest. He was approximately 450 meters below the summit and the exact details of what went wrong are unknown to this day. But what is known is that while he lay there in the snow, just off the main path on Everest's North Side, roughly 40 climbers passed him on their way to the top. No one stopped to render aid or tried to conduct a rescue, and the 34-year old perished while others went up to celebrate their successful ...

published: 6 months ago | downloaded: 6 months ago | 40 views

Winter Climbing in the Lakes: the Beginning of the End?

from The BMC News

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winter climbing, Lakes, popularity of winter climbing, reasonable guidelines, set of fair, one school of thought, wake of the increase, guidebook writers in Cumbria, Lakes winter climbing, increase in popularity

In the wake of the increase in popularity of winter climbing, local activists and guidebook writers in Cumbria have become concerned about the possible long term future of the sport. Their concerns are many, but there is one school of thought that sugggests that unless a set of fair and reasonable guidelines are established for Lakes winter climbing, there may be trouble ahead.

published: 7 months ago | downloaded: 7 months ago | 26 views

Earthquake Shakes The Himalaya

from The Adventure Blog

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quake, damage, death toll, Himalaya, Tibet, infrastructure, region, buildings, India, 50 fatalities

A strong 6.9-magnatude earthquake hit the Himalaya last night, causing damage, injuries, and even deaths across India, Nepal, and Tibet. News reports indicate that 50 fatalities have already been counted, although that number is expected to rise as more information is collected. The earthquake's epicenter was located in India's Sikkim state, which falls along the border of Nepal and Tibet. The rumblings were felt as far away as Bangladesh and Kathmandu, where residents scrambled to exit homes and other ...

published: 8 months ago | downloaded: 8 months ago | 34 views

The Loss of a Giant, Goodbye Walter Bonatti

from The Alpinist - newswire

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Bonatti, Walter Bonatti, climb, alps, routes, alpine community, bitterness, Mahdi, age, K2 expedition

The alpine community has lost a giant. Walter Bonatti died of cancer last night. He was eighty-one. Perhaps the finest alpinist there has ever been. -Doug Scott Walter Bonatti is gone. After eight decades of life the Italian climber passed away in Rome. Born on June 22, 1930 in Bergamo in Italy Bonatti burst onto the climbing stage at the age of eighteen with the fourth ascent of the north face of the Grandes Jorasses (4208m), one of the great north faces of the Alps. Three years later he made the first

published: 8 months ago | downloaded: 8 months ago | 46 views

Developer Proposes City Next To Red Rock Canyon

from The Alpinist - newswire

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Red Rock, Red Rock Canyon, developer, Blue Diamond, Rhodes, Broscovak, county, Blue Diamond Hill, County Commission, Las Vegas

In 2003 Nevada's Clark County Commission enacted a zoning ordinance for land near Red Rock Canyon. The new zoning law was mirrored by the state and would have limited the density of development in the area to one house every two acres. This change came in the wake of a proposed 5,500 unit development project on Blue Diamond Hill by developer Jim Rhodes. Rhodes sued the county and the state alleging that the local governments had "violated equal protection, procedural and substantive due process and ...

published: 9 months ago | downloaded: 9 months ago | 76 views

Mountain Bike Pro Punted By Sponsors After Outing As Vancouver Rioter

from Climber's Blog

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Flip over a car, pro Alex Prochazka, Vancouver Canucks loss, wild man, car in the wake, Mountain Bike Pro Punted, Vancouver Rioter, Sponsors After Outing, Flip, Outing As Vancouver Rioter

You cant get away with anything these days. Flip over a car in the wake of the Vancouver Canucks loss in the Stanley Cup finals, celebrate like a wild man while it burns, and dang it if someone isnt there with a camera to share it with the world. Whistler-based mountain bike pro Alex Prochazka, [...]

published: 11 months ago | downloaded: 11 months ago | 41 views

Recreational, Procreation and Excretion, by Stevie Pro Drugs Haston

from Stevie Haston

Keywords:
drugs, cheating, Tour, Spirit, heroes in the Tour, people on drugs, heroes, human thing, people, truth

A while ago I did a blog about the first Tour de France winner and mentioned in passing that he was a cheat and was disqualified after winning his second tour. You might remember that I was not that down on the guy and the reason was that cheating is a human thing, a very sad human thing. So being human we should understand things that affect humans and show a bit of understanding for our cheating fellows. I also mentioned a couple of my heroes in the Tour and I will continue to have heroes in the Tour ...

published: 12 months ago | downloaded: 12 months ago | 97 views

Sunshine Village Fires Patrollers, Triggers Lawsuit & Avalanche of Anger

from Climber's Blog

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Sunshine Village Fires Patrollers, Avalanche of Anger, Triggers Lawsuit, Anger, Avalanche, resort, four longtime safety staff, accusations of nepotism, closed out-of-bounds, Sunshine Village ski area

Sunshine Village ski area in Banff National Park is facing a $435,000 “wrongful firing” lawsuit and accusations of nepotism after the resort terminated four longtime safety staff in the wake of an incident allegedly involving the son of the resort’s owner, who was caught skiing a closed out-of-bounds avalanche area. According to court documents, Taylor [...] Sunshine Village Fires Patrollers, Triggers Lawsuit Avalanche of Anger is a post from: adventure journal

published: about 1 year ago | downloaded: about 1 year ago | 110 views

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