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Rugby Match For Everest Base Camp
Rugger bugger charity trekkers are aiming to get into the Guinness Book of Records with a high altitude feast of touch rugby. But what about the state of the pitch? Where is the groundsman?

20 May 2005
Hinkes Summit Lies?
Allegations that Alan Hinkes failed to summit Cho Oyu resurfaced recently on an American web site, we ask what it's all about.

19 May 2005
Annabelle Bond - A Correction
Ooops, looks like we made a mistake when we credited Annabelle Bond with being the youngest woman to climb all of the Seven Summits.

17 May 2005
'Alan Is Very Close To Something Extraordinary'
Stephen Venables pays tribute to Alan Hinkes in an article in the Independent newspaper as Alan stands on the brink of becoming the first Brit' to summit all the 8,000s.

17 May 2005
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Viesturs Succeeds, Hinkes Poised For Summit...
Ed Viesturs has become the first American to climb all the 8,000ers while Alan Hinkes is poised to push for Kangchenjunga's summit later this week. Plus Hinkes controversy claim...

16 May 2005
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Annabelle Bond Breaks Seven Summits Record
British mountaineer Annabelle Bond has become the fastest woman to summit the highest peak on every continent with success on Denali yesterday. Well done Annabelle :-)

12 May 2005
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Wrap Up Your Glaciers...
A Swiss glacier has been covered with reflective sheeting in a bid to slow melting over the summer months, but it's no answer to global warming say environmentalists.

11 May 2005
Hinkes Reaches Kangchenjunga Base Camp
Alan Hinkes has arrived at Kangchenjunga base camp in time for his birthday. The Maoist insurgency though, has made travel problematic, with Russian climbers attacked on the road.

28 April 2005
Via Ferrata On Everest?
You couldn't make it up. There are reportedly plans to install Via Ferrata-style step bolts on the summit ridge of the world's highest mountain in the next few weeks... Crazy stuff.

27 April 2005
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Hinkes Kangchenjunga Update
Challenge 8000 man Alan Hinkes is in Kathmandu with his mysterious blue barrel with Kangchenjunga the next stop as he bids to become the first Briton up all 14 of the 8000-metre peaks.

14 April 2005
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Yorkshire Gets Its Own Stupa
The remote mountain kingdom of Yorkshire now has its very own Bhutanese stupa, which is in the process of being consecrated by buddhist monks imported direct from Bhutan. Nice :-)

05 April 2005
Hinkes Officially Launches Spring Expedition
It's official, Alan Hinkes leaves for Kangchenjunga tomorrow in his bid to become the first Brit' to climb all 14 of the world's 8000-metre peaks and we'd like to wish him all the best.

21 March 2005
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Dead Climber's Tape Returned To Husband
A tape recorded by Julie Tullis, the first British woman to summit K2, has been discovered on a Himalayan glacier and returned to her husband in Kent.

14 March 2005
Is Nepal Safe?
The Guardian's travel section takes an in depth look at the issue of safety for trekkers in the troubled Himalayan trekking capital of the world.

10 March 2005
Trek The Inca Trail And Support Peruvian Porters
A fundraising trek with a difference, trek the Inca Trail and the money you raise goes directly to help the Inka Porter Project, a charity working to improve pay and conditions for local porters in Peru.

01 March 2005
Brit' Trekkers Airlifted As Avalanches Hit Kashmir
Eight British trekkers have been airlifted to safety during avalanches which have killed hundreds of people and trapped many others in the Indian state of Kashmir in the Himalayas.

22 February 2005
OUTDOORSmagic Goes International
Four years after our first ever OUTDOORSmagic meet-up in Snowdonia, OM has finally gone international with the first overseas meet-up planned for Spain later this year.

11 February 2005
Nepal In New Crisis
The world's premier trekking destination is in turmoil as the King dismisses the government and takes control of the state. The Foreign Office advises travellers to exercise 'extreme caution'.

03 February 2005
Shrinking Everest Only Half The Story...
A notionally missing four feet off the top of Everest is overshadowing the far more serious issues associated with global warming and glacial recession

26 January 2005
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Hinkes On Final Straight!
The Challenge 8000 Brit' is heading back to the Himalaya to attempt his final 8,000-metre summit in his quest to plant the Yorkshire flag on top of every one of the world's 14 highest mountains.

20 January 2005
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