everest
A while back, National Geographic’s Bryan Smith begged the question, “Does Everest still matter to you?” in hopes of understanding the continued intrigue of the world’s tallest mountain. Many alpinists see the peak’s summit as the ultimate mountaineering goal while others find it to be an expensive, ego-filled endeavor that… Read the rest
Pro-life mountaineers around the world rejoiced today as 0-year-old American climber and fetus-rights activist Frankie Valentine completed his historic ascent of Mount Everest.
“They told him he lacked the backbone,” said Jordan Romero, who set the previous record for youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountain in 2010 when… Read the rest
There are a couple things one expects to see when climbing Mount Everest—snow and fog, of course, top that list. There are also a couple of things one does not expect to see when climbing Mount Everest—namely, cellular phones.
It’s time to move the latter to the former, because Mount… Read the rest
Chhewang Nima is a 43-year-old sherpa who has successfully climbed Mount Everest 19 times. He’s highly respected in the mountain climbing world for having scaled the mountain so many times. And he’s valued hugely, in part because he has ample knowledge about how to deal with unexpected and dangerous situations… Read the rest
Polar explorer and iWend ambassador Eric Larsen is currently in the midst of his efforts to complete a global ‘first’–to become the first person to successfully reach the South Pole, North Pole and summit of Everest in the time span of 365 days. And he’s almost there. He’s reached both… Read the rest
This week’s Friday Photo winner is Ted Mahon, who submitted this shot at base camp on Everest.
Here’s what Ted had to say about the photo:
“In 2003, while at base camp on the north side of Everest, climbing partner Jesse Rickert and I put together a nine hole disc … Read the rest
It seems like everyone is climbing the world’s tallest mountain these days – and finding a way to make headlines doing it. Earlier this week, thirteen-year-old Jordan Romano became the youngest person to climb Everest. Today I read about Sean Swarmer, the first cancer survivor to reach the summit. Sherpa… Read the rest
The race between climbers Edurne Pasaban and Oh Eun-sun to become the first woman to conquer the 14 highest peaks in the world is nearing a close.
Spanish climber Pasaban, 36, summited the 8,091 meter Annapurna on Saturday, which means she only has one more peak to conquer. According to… Read the rest
Jordan Romero, a 13-year-old from California will attempt to climb Mount Everest in order to fulfill his goal of reaching the summits of the highest peaks on each continent.
When he was just 10, Romero became the youngest American to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and has since summited Mount McKinley—which is… Read the rest
If pop culture has taught us anything, it’s that high school seniors are worried about two things: where they’re going to go to college and whether or not they will still be a virgin by the time they get there. But seventeen-year-old Johnny Collinson has spent his high school years… Read the rest
On January 2nd, 2010 polar explorer Eric Larsen reached the South Pole, completing the first leg of an epic three-part journey that will take him to the North and South Geographic Poles as well as to the summit of Mount Everest – all in one year.
After 47 days of… Read the rest
In 2008 seventy-six-year-old Nepalese man Min Bahadur Sherchan reached the peak of Mount Everest, making him the oldest person to ever climb the 29,028 foot mountain all the way to the top. But when the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records came out he saw that the title had been… Read the rest
- Pugh Swims the North Pole
In April, human polar bear Lewis Gordan Pugh will take an icy plunge into a glacial lake on the Khumba Glacier of Mt. Everest. The Himalayan glaciers are shrinking faster than any other glaciers in the world and, according to scientists, could disappear in just
Most people trek to Everest Base Camp with the regular list of goods: warm clothes, freeze dried food, a compass, etc. But then there’s Chocolate Sherpa, a group of adventurers, who between April 10 and May 10 will be making their way to Everest Base Camp with the standard assortment… Read the rest
These days, risking life and phalanges to summit the highest peaks in the world doesn’t raise eyebrows like it used to. Today’s record-seeking mountaineers must attempt difficult unexplored routes, climb without supplemental oxygen, or, in the case of April’s Everest Test Match — a proposed cricket game on Mount Everest… Read the rest
