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Chapter 1: Fort Collins, Elevation: 5003 feet – part 4 [...contd]
The route is designed such a way that in order to go to Mt Oxford, you have to climb Belford first go to Oxford and come back to Belford and than back down. The climbing of Mt Belford the second time around coming back after Mt. Oxford is the hardest I had ever felt climbing … Continue reading
British mountaineer Kenton Cool to take Olympic medal to top of Mount Everest
A British mountaineer is to take an Olympic medal to the top of Mt. Everest to try to fulfill a 1924 pledge after an earlier fatal attempt to reach the peak. Kenton Cool is finally set to make good a promise made to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founding father of the modern Olympic movement. … Continue reading
Official research concludes on Sherpa’s climbing ability
KATHMANDU, MAR 15 – The specific methods of nutrition, hydration, rest periods, and load carrying capacity of Sherpas and Porters allow their bodies to quickly acclimatise to ascend rapidly at high altitudes, says a report conducted by Nepal/USA medical study. American Dusty Boyd, a Fellow at the Wilderness Medical Society and research head, is going … Continue reading
Chapter 1: Fort Collins, Elevation: 5003 feet – part 2 [...contd]
There goes my 10 years of life in about roughly 10 sentences. Enough about that! I ignored that phone call again. I thought why I should answer a call from a place which I have left already and trying to forget at least for now! I was afraid it was from my previous employer who … Continue reading
National Geographic Adventure Pair of the year
KATHMANDU, FEB 29 – “Without adventure, you are not feeling the real life,” says 28-year-old Sano Babu Sunuwar, one of the winners of the People’s Choice Adventurers of the Year 2012, along with Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa, 37, presented by National Geographic on Tuesday. As a part of their three-month quest for the ‘Ultimate Descent Summit … Continue reading