Category: News
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The Leave No Trace Seven Principles – Earth Day
Leave No Trace Principles I don’t want you to go out into the wilderness in Colorado, or any other state, and leave it in worse condition than you found it. The sad fact is that for so many years those that have gone before us on the trails figured that the wilderness was a giant…
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Aconcagua Higher Now
According to a cooperative research project report, Aconcagua is now 6966.4 meters tall, about 2.4 meters more than the 6964 meters measured in 1989. Further research is planned to determine if this is due to plate tectonics or more accurate modern equipment. “We know it is moving, but it is millimetres per year, not two…
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Denali Avalanche – Four Presumed Dead
A Japanese group, Miyagi Workers Alpine Federation Expedition, was apparently swept down Motorcycle Hill by an avalanche leaving one survivor who scrambled out of the crevasse he was deposited into and made his way down to Kahiltna Base alone to report the accident. “One team member survived the event. Hitoshi Ogi, age 69 of Miyagi…
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Goal Zero Portable Solar Power Open House
Goal Zero Solar had an open house at their new facility South of Salt Lake City in Bluffdale Utah, and I attended with my family. Good friends Ryan and Jennifer Hamilton were there as well with their daughters. The kids had a ton of fun on the little climbing wall and slide in the entry,…
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Oklahoma City Couple Detained at Carstensz Indonesia Peak
If you’re at all interested in the Seven Summits Quest, you’ve undoubtedly done some homework, and kind of figured that the keystone of the Messner List, Carstensz Pyramid, highest point of the hypothetical continent of Oceania, would be the riskiest, most dangerous of the lot. Source: carstensz-expedition.com via Charles on Pinterest Among the obvious and…
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Olympic Medal Heads to Everest Summit
Kenton Cool, who has climbed Everest a record (for a British mountaineer) 9 times will be carrying a special package to the top of Everest this season. he will have honoured a pledge by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lisle Strutt, deputy leader of the pioneering 1922 expedition, made to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who awarded the…
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World Water Day 2012
Today is World Water Day 2012. According to this report: There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today … each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for…
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Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay on Elbrus and in Space?
Advance speculation shows that this will be the most spectacular Olympic Torch Relay ever, intended to be four times longer than the Turin relay, covering all 83 Russian entities, allowing 90% of the population to enjoy the spectacle. It has also been confirmed that the torch will be taken to Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest…
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Elbrus World Race – Premier August 2012
New this year is the Elbrus World Race which is primarily a trail race in the vicinity of Elbrus, highest point of Europe, a volcano, and one of the Seven Summits. EWR creation was driven by love and a dream. Two founders of EWR – Sergey and Ivan spent many days on Elbrus and Elbrus…
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Where is Everest Again?
How can Everest suddenly appear in the UK? According to a recent poll, roughly 20% of the British population is “clueless” about several important features of their geography. Stonehenge, Everest, Ayers Rock, London and Balmoral Castle all fell prey to mass relocation in the poll. Many think that Everest is in Britain. Source: thesun.co.uk via…