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Nepal Maoists Cash In On Makalu Teams
By Jon on 22/04/2002 11:09:30
Teams heading in toattempt Makalu have been the subject of demands for cash from NepaliMaoists reports everestnews.com
economy, Maoist leaders have given assurances thatforeigners are not targets.That doesn't mean trekkers and mountaineers are immune however, ina recent exclusive, the everestnews.com web site reports from Makalu2002 that armed Maoists demanded money from
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Everest Rescue Sparks Ethics Debate
By Jon on 05/06/2006 12:27:35
Two climbers in extremis high on Everest, one rescued the other passed and left for dead by a reported 42 mountaineers. The contrast between the two incidents has reignited a fierce ethical debate.
continued past him on their way tothe summit. Sharp died on the mountain, despite - according to somereports - being in a position where he could have been helped down bySherpas. Everestnews.com says that some 42 people passed Sharp.In a morbid twist, Sharp
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Army On Everest Update
By Jon on 09/05/2006 12:38:31
The British Army Team attempting the difficult West Ridge of Everest has been pushing the route out using siege-style tactics along the narrow ridge section of the route.
Following on from yesterday's update on the British Army EverestWest Ridge team, a quick further bulletin.The Team is now across the actual West Ridge section of the route which finishes at Camp 4 and,to quote their press release 'are now face-to-face with the stretchof mountain ...
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Take A Virtual Tour Of Everest
By Jon on 12/05/2006 11:10:46
One of the best bits of the British Army, Everest West Ridge expedition web site is a Google Earth tour of the route complete with 3D fly through of Everest. Ideal for those Friday afternoon flat spots ;-)
If you've got those Friday blues and the odd half hour to kill,let us waft you off to Everest for a Google Earth tour courtesy ofthose friendly Army fellas on the West Ridge of the mountain.As we've said before, the www.armyoneverest.mod.uk is a noexpense spared, all-singing, all...
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Brit Involved in Dramatic Everest Rescue
By Jon on 16/06/2006 10:35:30
It has emerged that one of the climbers involved in a dramatic high altitude rescue on Everest was a British mountaineer from Hampshire.
It has emerged that one of the climbers involved in a dramatichigh altitude rescueon Everest was a Brit.Myles Osborne from Fareham, near Portsmouth was climbing withAmerican guide Dan Mazur when they came across Australian LincolnHall approximately three hours below the summit.Ha...
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Everest Summit In The OM Gallery
By Jon on 25/07/2006 15:30:55
Holiday snaps with a difference as OUTDOORSmagic member Conan Harrod's gallery album takes us from base camp to the top of the world :-)
We get some fantastic images uploaded to the OUTDOORSmagic galleryevery week, but it's not often that they happen to be a pictorialrecord of a successful ascent of Everest, but that's whatConan Harrod's 'Big Mountain Taster Session' album is allabout.Conan, if you didn't know, is...
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Everest Comes To Covent Garden
By Jon on 06/09/2006 14:29:24
Experience the British Army's attempt on the difficult West Ridge of Everest at a free lecture this month at Ellis Brigham's Covent Garden store.
One of the members of the unsuccessful British Army, Everest WestRidge team will be lecturing at Ellis Brigham in Covent Garden laterthis month.CaptainJonjo Knott will be talking about his participation in this spring'sepic third attempt on one of Everest's hardest routes. In Eve...
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Army Everest Site Cleans Up At Awards
By Jon on 25/09/2006 16:37:52
The British Army West Ridge Team may not have reached the top, but the expedition web site has kicked butt in the annual awards for digital marketing campaigns. Well deserved too.
Just a quick heads up to let you know that the rather excellentArmy On Everest web site for this spring's unsuccessfulmilitary assault on the West Rdige of Everest has cleaned up in adigital advertising awards scrap...At this year's Campaign Digital Awards, the all-singing,all-da...
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Army Everest Expedition Selects Summit Team
By Jon on 11/05/2006 17:39:33
It's all gone a bit Chris Bonington on the West Ridge of Everest with the selection of the mountaineers who stand a chance of making history by summiting via this difficult route.
Latest news from the British Army team laying siege to the WestRidge of Everest is that the summit team has been selected.It's all a bit a throwback to Bonington-style, siege expeditions,but we reckon the Army's discipline means that there'll be notantrums and revolts from the te...
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Army Everest Team Reaches Camp 4
By Jon on 08/05/2006 14:55:20
The British Army team attempting the difficult West Ridge route on Everest is making good progress and is less than 600 metres below the summit establishing Camp 4.
A quick update on the progress of the British Army teamcurrently attempting the difficult West Ridge of Everest.According to their lavishly appointed web site, the team are nowin the process of setting up Camp 4 on the mountain after a spell ofgood weather has allowed good progre...
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