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Brit' Couple's Flying Antarctic Record
Kites and skis? Never happened when I were a lad, but they've helped a British couple into the Antarctic record books with a rapid return from the South Pole...

12 January 2005
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Off To Peru - Read This
The Inka Port Project is urging trekkers on the Inca Trail to follow a set of basic guidelines to help improve the lot of heavily exploited porters working on the trail.

08 December 2004

Trek The Himalayas At Half Price...
Enter our great Explore Worldwide competition and you could slash the cost of, say, an Everest Bsae Camp trek by around 50 per-cent - how cool is that?

23 November 2004

Tom Cruise To 'Hike Up Everest'
Well known actor and little known climber Tom Cruise is allegedly planning to tackle Mount Everest after he completes filming on Mission Impossible III...

15 November 2004

Observer Investigates Charity Challenges
Hard core hell or just a cushy, free holiday of a lifetime? This weekend's Travel Observer took an interesting look at the charity challenge phenomenon.

15 November 2004
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Climbers Mugged For Boots At 17,000 Feet...
A party of climbers and tourists have apparently been robbed at gunpoint high in the Bolivian Andes according to reports in the Mirror.

03 November 2004
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Brands Battle Over Adventurous Ewan McGregor!!!!
Media feeding frenzy over Ewan's mammoth motorcycle marathon as he narrowly esapes being eaten alive thanks to outdoor clothing... Wow :-)

26 October 2004
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Shock Blizzards Kill Two Climbers
Two climbers in Yosemite were killed and others were stranded when shock early season blizzards struck northern California this week.

22 October 2004
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US 'Climber' to be Billed with Rescue Costs
One man dies and another lies critically ill after attempting a climb in Boulder Canyon without safety equipment and dressed in jeans

14 October 2004
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Two Lost on Annapurna
Missing Japanese climbers caught in avalanche

12 October 2004

Everest Speed Spat Settled
A dispute between two Sherpas over who's climbed Everest faster has been resolved by a government investigation, but it's unlikely thing will end there...

22 September 2004

Missing
The family of a British climber who went missing in Chamonix last month are appealing to mountaineers for help in solving the mystery of his disappearance.

16 September 2004

US climber celebrates the big 5.0 with 50
50 peak summits that is - nearly a peak a week for a whole year...

09 September 2004

Update on Maoist violence in Nepal
String of recent attacks make for uncomfortable reading, but there's no current FO travel warning to trekkers

08 September 2004

Kili ascent & descent record broken
Lance de Willers claims time of twelve hours, twenty-six minutes

06 September 2004

Guardian Blunders On Kili Dangers
Yet again a national newspaper promotes a potentially dangerous itinerary for climbing Africa's highest mountain in a shoddy, poorly researched article.

25 August 2004

Kathmandu Blockade Continues
Reports from Nepal suggest that the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu continues although the Nepalese Information Minister claims that there is no siege at all...

23 August 2004

Maoists Blockade Kathmandu
Maoist insurgents have reportedly blockaded Nepal's capital Kathmandu, preventing food and other essential supplies from reaching the capital by road.

18 August 2004

British couple in Austrian crevasse rescue
Authorities warn that loss of permafrost is creating fresh dangers in the Alps

05 August 2004
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Sherpa 'not guilty' of rebel involvement
10-time sumitter of Everest arrested and questioned by the Nepalese authorities but released without charge

04 August 2004

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