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Category Archives: Adventures
Summiting Highpoints in the Nude
The Guardian in an article by nude hiker Hank Wangford reports that Nepal is moving to ban nude summiting Everest after a climber stripped on the summit in 2006.
Posted in Adventures, Everest, Maine, Offbeat
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Climbing Mount Rainier 300 Times
The News Tribune reports that Robert Link, 49, of Bend, Oregon, is the latest person to join the 300 Club consisting of people who have climbed Rainier 300 times.
Posted in Records, Washington
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50 For Tibet Program Climbs Granite Peak
The Billings Gazette on August 4, 2007 had an article on the 50 for Tibet program.
Posted in Adventures, Montana
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Profile of Maine’s Harry Vanderweide
Maintoday has an amusing article Harry Vanderweide a rotound character who is frequently evoked in various Maine battles.
Posted in Adventures, General, Maine
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Badwater Ultramarathon on July 24
On July 24 about 90 of the world’s most seasoned long-distance runners will take on the notoriously grueling Badwater Ultramarathon, which begins in the belly of Death Valley and ends more than halfway up Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in … Continue reading
Posted in California, Highpoint (States) News, Races
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8 Hour Everest Record Claim Holder Pemba Dorje Sherpa Jailed
EverestNews via NepalNews reports that Pemba Dorje Sherpa, 28, who claims to have climbed Everest in a record 8 hours 10 minutes was thrown in jail after he went to the police to compalin of being harrassed claimed the record … Continue reading
Claim of Record 13 Hour Aconcagua Climb
Peruvian Holmes Pantoja Bayona claims to have climber South America’s highest point in 13 hours:
Posted in 7 Summits, Continents, General, Records, South America
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Man Seeks to Be First to Climb All Munros on Foot
34-year-old Steve Perry, from Yorkshire, set off on the 1st of December to tackle all of Scotland’s 284 mountains standing over 3,000 feet.
Posted in Adventures, British Isles, General, Records
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Aconcagua Condor in Record Hang Glide Over 29,850 Feet
The âââ¬ÃâAconcagua Condorâââ¬Ã (Angelo Darrigo) broke his Everest hang glider height reocrd with a 9,100 meter (29,850 feet) flight over Tupungato volcano in the Andean Cordillera (Range) breaking his very own Everest 2004 altitude record.
Posted in 7 Summits, Adventures, Highpoint News (world), South America
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Ed Viesturs Raises Seahawks Banner Above Space Needle
Clmbing legend Ed Viesturs raised a huge blue flag with the number 12 atop the Seattle Space Needle.
Posted in Adventures, Washington
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Søren Gudman Completes 7 Summits (Kosciusko version) in 194 Days
SÃÆøren Gudman climbed the 7 Summits (Kosciusko version) in a record 194 days.
Posted in 7 Summits, Adventures, Records
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French Spiderman Busted in Houston Tower Climb
Robert Alain Philippe, 43, the French Spiderman who climbs world tall towers was arrested begin climbing the 678-foot-tall One Houston Center building for illegal trespassing and having a controlled substance (two tablets of the sedative Xanax).
Posted in Adventures, Tallest Buildings
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Is This Picture of Denali (227 Miles Away) the Furtherest Photo From The Ground?
This photo of Denali from Mount Sanford may not look like much but a website is claiming it is the “longest ground to ground view ever captured by camera” (227 miles).
Posted in Alaska, Highpoint (States) News, Records
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Rob the Rubbish Says Snowden is Clean
Robin Kevan, 60, of Llanwrtyd Wells in Powys, reached Snowdon’s 3,560ft summit armed with bin liners and a litter stick because he feared it might have a similar problem to Ben Nevis, Scotland’s 4,406ft peak, where he recently collected six … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, British Isles, Europe, Heroes, Highpoint News (world)
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“Rob the Rubbish” Cleans Up Ben Nevis
The Independent reports 60-year-old Welshman Robin Kevan has earned the title of “Rob the Rubbish” for his untiring efforts to clean up Ben Nevis.
Posted in Adventures, British Isles, Europe, Heroes, Highpoint News (world)
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