Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight.

"Everyone has an Everest...Karen's is losing weight. (I planned to write, well, finish and post, my thoughts on Mallory & Irvine's summit day today, but it needs a bit more work, and frankly I've been swamped. So, that'll have to wait till next week. But, in the...

Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream

"Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream Eleanor Roosevelt once said: The future belongs to thosewho believe in the beauty of their dreams.How true that statement is, and it is a message I share with audiences...

An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing

"An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing As nearly everyone who even occasionally watches the news, listens to the radio, or glances at a newspaper knows, there is quite a bit of controversy...

Everest: Closed for Business, Part II

"Everest: Closed for Business, Part II "If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.    - Henry Commager " Nepal: Everest...

Everest Closed for Business

"Everest Closed for Business Without reasonable explanation, the Chinese authorities have officially close the north, or Tibetan, side of Mount Everest to all expeditions this spring, save for their own...

High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed

"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed As any of you who visit The MountainWorld Blog know, ethics on Everest is a very important topic to me and one I've written about at length here and...

Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos

" Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos This article will appear in a shortened version in the December, 2007, edition of Expedition News. If you're not a subscriber, subscribe now and keep up with all that is happening in the expedition world! It’s...

Did Mallory & Irvine make it to the summit of Everest?

"Did Mallory & Irvine make it to the summit of Everest? I've posted quite a bit on this blog about the enduring mystery of Everest pioneers George Mallory & Andrew Irvine, and have been fortunate enough to take an active role in the story, going to Everest in 1999,...

Everest Rocks Trekker Net

The following is a post I put together to prepare trekkers on the Love Hope Strength Foundation's Everest Rocks trek to Everest Basecamp this autumn to raise money for cancer support and research. The article gives some basic information and background on Nepal...enjoy!"Some...

Bear Grylls - Adventure...or not?

In an ongoing expose of Bear Grylls, Natalie Clarke of the Daily Mail looks into the self-proclaimed adventure man's claims. On his Discovery Channel show Man vs Wild, Grylls is seen weekly engaging in amazing feats of adventure around the world. But now these feats are...

In Memoriam: Michael Reardon

"In Memoriam: Michael Reardon Tragic news hit the climbing community yesterday when reports trickled in that famed solo climber Michael Reardon had been killed. Famous for his at-times audacious free-solos of hard climbs around the world (free soloists climb without ropes or...

The peak of morality

In today's Ottawa Sun, reporter Laura Czekaj comes back to the subject of ethics and morality on the slopes of Everest. In reading the well-written article, I had some reactions to elements of the story and wrote the...

Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope

"Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope Last night, at the American Mountaineering Center here in Golden, Colorado, I was fortunate enough to see a presentation on the life and climbs of Dr. Charles Houston and his new biography, The Brotherhood of the Rope,...

Ethnic Nepalese, Bhutanese refugees seek citizenship rights in Bhutan

I have reported several times (see the articles here and here) on the burgeoning refugee crisis in Nepal, where more than 100,000 Bhutanese of Nepali origin have been living in squalid refugee camps since the early 1990's. Now, it seems the few ethnic Nepalis still living in...

A proper farewell for Francys Arsentiev

On May 2, I reported on the story of Ian Woodall's intentions to give final resting peace to Francys Arsentiev, a Colorado climber and mother who perished on Mount Everest in 1998 with her husband Sergei. A touching article came out today in The Rocky Mountain News detailing...

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