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Travel Photographer Of The Year 2003 Launches
By Jon on 03/03/2003 11:41:15
There's £40,000 worth of prizes up for grabs in the new Travel Photographer of the Year Competition with three different categories and an under-16 section too
Take a nice holiday snap and win a share of prizes worth around£40,000... Okay, so maybe 'snap' isn't quite the right word, but that's theprize on offer from the new Travel Photographer of the Year and YoungTravel Photographer of the Year contests
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Brit Aims For Youngest Pole Record
By Jon on 03/12/2001 12:59:16
A 24-year-old Briton is in training to set a new record for the youngest unsupported solo trek to the North Pole - among his goals is gaining over 20lb in weight before February...
A 24-year-old Briton is planning to become the youngest everperson to walk unsupported and solo to the North Geographic Pole.Ben Saunders is aiming to complete the unsupported trek in under 60days and, in keeping with our information-wired culture
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Monster Sheep Shorn In New Zealand
By Jon on 28/04/2004 14:20:00
Shrek, a merino wether, avoided shearing for six years, growing a monstrous fleece in the process, but was finally cornered and shorn live on television... Should make a good few pairs of socks :-)
A merino sheep which managed to evade shearers for six years hasfinally been cornered and shorn in New Zealand.The ten-year old merino known as Shrek, apparently hid himself atshearing time with the result that his coat continued to grow into ahuge
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New Speed Record For Everest Climb
By Jon on 24/05/2004 11:18:24
A Sherpa has smashed the existing record for climbing Everest from base camp by almost three hours. The climb was aided by the tracks of around 90 recent summiteeers.
On top of this year's other Everest records - and there seems tobe a new one every day - comes the news that a Sherpa has broken therecord for the fastest ascent of the mountain.Pemba Dorje Sherpa reportedly climbed the peak in an astonishingeight
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Humar Targets Nanga Parbat
By Jon on 09/06/2003 12:25:38
Slovenian altitude ace Tomaz Humar is reportedly aiming to solo a new route on the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat next month
an outstanding big mountain CV, but three years agobroke both legs in a freak accident while constructing his new housein Slovenia - see thisOM story - his injuries were so severe that there were doubtsover whether he'd ever walk again let alone climb.It's worth
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Holiday In NZ With The Eco Challenge?
By Jon on 15/02/2001 10:51:00
Top adventure race looking for support volunteers
Fancy working as a support volunteer at this year's Eco-Challengeadventure race in New Zealand?Every year around 50-100 volunteers are invited to help with theon the ground running of the race and the organisers say that slotsfill up quickly. You
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Shrub Saves Falling Climber
By Jon on 23/06/2003 13:04:04
A whole new slant on 'bring me a shrubbery' as a Japanese man is saved from death by a handy bit of botanical growth...
A Japanese mountain walker has survived a 400-foot cliff fallafter being caught by a handy shrub some 60 feet down...The 67-year old managed to cling to the shrub while his companionsused their mobiles to call for help. He was rescued with only
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Nepal Tourism Starting To Recover
By Jon on 05/08/2003 09:22:50
The number of foreign visitors to Nepal is rising again in the wake of January's ceasefire between Government and Maoist guerillas, but there's still a long way to go
Nepal's beleagured tourism industry may be on the cusp of recoveryaccording to a New York Times article cited in the latest Himalayanetnewsletter with the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) saying that touristarrivals are up 31 per-cent over last year
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Hillary And Tenzing To Climb Everest Again
By Jon on 12/03/2002 12:13:01
Confused? You will be... Somehow the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest seems to have arrived a year early, unless, of course, you're Swiss. Eh?
Believe it or not, this year marks the 49th anniversary of thefirst ascent of Everest and, to commemorate the original ascent byTenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, their descendants are planningto climb the mountain next month or are they
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El Niño Could Be Worse Than Predicted
By Jon on 27/06/2002 10:50:01
The widely predicted El Niño in the Pacific could be more severe than was previously thought say scientists
According to a story on the New Scientist web site, the projectedEl Niño in the Pacific could be worse than at firstprojected.The El Niño phenomenon takes place every few years whentemperatures in the Pacific rise above normal, having a major
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