from The Adventure Blog
A small plane that was taking an arial tour of Mt. Everest earlier today, crashed amidst bad weather, killing all 19 people aboard. The flight, which is operated by Buddha Air, went down about 10 miles outside of Kathmandu while returning to theTribhuvan International Airport there. The $140 tour takes travelers to Mt. Everest by air and circles the mountain, offering spectacular views of the summit that most wouldn't have a chance to see in any other way. TheBeechcraft 1900D aircraft took off from ...
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from The Adventure Blog
It has been awhile since I posted an update on Roz Savage , who is now on the 99th day of her row across the Indian Ocean. The famed ocean rower set out from Fremantle, Australia back on April 13th, and after working out a few issues with her equipment, she was soon off to conquer another massive body of water. According to her wonderfully insightful and well written blog updates, progress has been good, although there have been some rough days here and there. Strong winds and ocean currents can make these
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from Mountains and Water
About a decade ago, an eon in the ever-evolving world of climbing, a new niche of the sport was born when boulderers started visiting a relatively obscure corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, Chaos Canyon. Hidden in plain sight, the boulders there truly revealed their potential with the arrival of Dave Graham and suddenly bouldering in Colorado became important again. It has taken a while, but thanks to the efforts of Jamie Emerson, there is finally some documentation, presented in book form, of the ...
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from The Adventure Blog
Remember the cycling report I posted yesterday with a short footnote on Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton running into one another in Aspen this past weekend? I ended that post by saying "the soap opera continues" and I mostly meant it tongue in cheek. But, it turns out that was a rather prophetic statement, as the story has new legs today. ESPN posted a more in depth story today about the incident, with some alleged quotes from Lance. Hamilton's camp says that Lance tried to bully Tyler to a degree, even
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from The Adventure Blog
As widely reported last week, Tyler Hamilton was on the CBS news show 60 Minutes over the weekend, where he recounted tales of performance enhancing drug use by Lance Armstrong and other members of the U.S. Postal Team which dominated the Tour de France a decade ago. If you missed the report, and want to catch-up, a transcript and several videos are available by clicking here . During the interview, Hamilton talked about the use of EPO, testosterone, and even blood transfusions that he, and his teammates,
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from Mountains and Water
Keywords:
Beer Barrel Rock,
pm,
5 pm,
tonight,
Flag,
couple of tiers,
vertical mileage,
25,000 feet,
Flagstaff sandstone,
warm-up session
Starting tonight and continuing on Thursday, Will Levandowski, a local climber, will attempt to transform a lowly stretch of Flagstaff sandstone into an arena of world-class proportions. Jenn Fields, a writer for the local paper, has a great article that explains everything. I first encountered Will a couple of years ago when I was doing a warm-up session below Beer Barrel Rock and noticed someone climbing the same problem again and again on the formations known as the Mugs. I thought it was curious and
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from Climbing Narcissist
Today at Bob Marley in the Red River Gorge I bore witness to Sasha DiGiulian making an impressive send of Joe Kinders Southern Smoke (5.14c) for the routes first female ascent. More details to come when Im not typing on an iPhone Southern Smoke (5.14c) FFA By Sasha DiGiulian from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan [...] Southern Smoke (5.14c) FFA By Sasha DiGiulian from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Southern Smoke Video Now On MVM Climbing Video: Brad Weaver
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from UKClimbing.com News
Adam Ondra has done it again. Yet again he manages to stunn the climbing world. It would seem the one month break from climbing a couple of months back didn't make him weaker...
In two days at Etxauri, he onsighted two 8c+'s, one 8c and one 8b+. The 8c+'s were Kidetasunaren balio erantsia and Bizi euskaraz, which previously has been done in the same style by Patxi Usobiaga. According to witnesses he didn't even take his shoes off between the onsights of Fuck the police,8c, and Tekken,...
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from Videoclimb.com, The best climbing videos on the net
Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold takes down a host of deep-water soloing testpieces in Mallorca as well as lets his wit and personality shine through in this clip produced by fellow BD athlete Cedar Wright.
Author: Cedar Wright
Climber: Alex Honnold
Location: Mallorca
Language: en
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from Kev Shields Climbing
I received a call from a friend of many years the other day and they were going on about me being the only one of our old team of mates who isn't yet settled down into relationship, steady career etc and that I'm 31 and simply renting a room to allow me to go climbing. They also stated that I'm "a ruthless, self-centered and heartless b*****d". I guess sometimes I am but wouldn't have been able to sacrifice what I have without being these things. There are things I miss a lot like nights out with the lads.
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