Thursday Thought: Haiti, Giving, and Carpe Diem
As I was ice climbing today, I couldn't help but think about the incomprehensible suffering of millions in Haiti, the …
Read MoreNagqu Airport: Higher Than Any Peak in the Lower 48!
China recently announced plans to finish construction on Nagqu Dagring Airport. At 4,436 meters, or 14,553 feet, Nagqu Dagring with …
Read MoreThursday Thought: Worth a Little Risk
[This Thursday Thought is both written and video…the reason being the video version didn't come out the way I had …
Read MoreKathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
Most of us, understandably, think of Nepal as a place where films are shot, not really where films are watched. …
Read MoreBlind and Naked
I've heard, strangely, many people remark about Erik Weihenmayer's 2001 climb of Everest that it really wasn't that remarkable. Sure, …
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The Wildest Dream preview screening
The Wildest Dream is a new film on the story of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, starring Conrad Anker and …
Read MoreThursday Thought: The Mountaineer as Artist
Climbers approach the Hillary Step on Mount Everest. George Mallory is known for his climbing, or, more specifically, for his …
Read MoreNational Geographic Adventure…is no more…
Some sad news coming today from Steve Casimiro, West Coast Editor at National Geographic Adventure. On his blog, The Adventure …
Read MoreLost on Everest & “Thin Air” at the American Mountaineering Museum
Mallory & Irvine at the North Col, June 6, 1924. This Thursday, December 3rd, please come on down to the …
Read MoreThe Basics of Altitude: A Primer on AMS, HACE, & HAPE, Part III
Members of Nepal's cabinet will meet on December 4th in Gorak Shep in an effort to raise awareness about the …
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