Great Journeys: New Penguin Book Series Focuses On Past Explorations

Penguin Books is releasing a new series of ten pocket-sized books that will highlight some of the historic explorations that have influenced many of us over the years.  The new series, known as Great Journeys, will focus on the adventures and travelers of a bygone era, but one that I might add, has influenced many of us in the present.

The 10 books will be republications from such noted authors and explorers as Ernest Shackleton, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, Marco Polo, Cabeza de Vaca, and even Herodotus–the first true travel writer.  This looks to be a great series and offers up a couple of classics along with a few that I am not so familiar with.

I am not sure about you, but some of my first dreams of travel and adventure came by way of exploration through reading.  There is nothing like a good book to take you away from the day to day stress.  With winter on the way, this series could probably hold you through till spring, where you can then jump on your own adventure bandwagon.

There are a few authors missing that could have also been well represented in this series:  Melville, Kerouac, Kipling, and my all-time favorite writer Ernest Hemingway, but their addition of Mark Twain should add some laughter and make you forget about the ones they have missed.  It looks to be a great series.  I might have to pick a few of these up for the Christmas season and use them for some adventurous stocking stuffers.

By the way, Penguin, I could use this series to update my home library (hint, hint).  Nothing like a book review a few hundred years after first publication..

If you would be interested in learnig more about this new Penguin series, Great Journeys, be sure to stop by their site at http://us.penguingroup.com.  I hear you can pick these up for $10 a pop.  This could be $100 well spent and offer you a whole winter of adventure excitement.  You may even be able to find a better deal at Amazon, but no promises.

By the way, I learned of the Great Journeys book series through the National Geographic: Adventure blog.

2006 Mt. Hood Tragedy Update: Equipment Stash Found, July 2007 Search Results and More…

It has now been eight months since three climbers went missing on Mt. Hood.  At this time we all know that the body of Kelly James had been discovered inside a snowcave back in December.  What happened to the other two climbers?  Brian Hall and Jerry Cooke were never found.

Many people have been stopping by here still wondering about the other two climbers.  I get comments posted on a weekly basis asking me if the other two had been found as yet.

With the national media attention that this particular incident generated, I can kind of see why this is still a very big item in people’s minds.  Anytime there is a story without a conclusion, it leads to more questions than answers.  Rather than email each individual person that asks me what happened, I have decided to make this update. Read more

Discovering Generosity Through Adventure

I can honestly remember reading a book when I was about 14 years old.  The author was Peter Jennings.  Peter had decided to leave everything behind and walk across the United States.  I read Peter’s story and would lie awake at night thinking about how exciting a trip like this would be.  Just being able to go and see, do everything you have ever wanted to do–and not worry about the constraints of money to much.  You were walking for crying out loud..how expensive could that be?

Well the book was written in the 1970’s.  The flower child generation was over…people were still a bit “earthy” but getting older…they still wanted freedom, but they also wanted to experience life on their own terms.

I, on the other hand came of age in the 80’s and early 90’s.  Greed to Grunge.  Wallstreet Tycoon to Nirvana.  A complete Gen X’er.  Yeah, I wanted to experience life–I wanted to do something crazy.  I wanted to experience life, yet, make alot of money as well. 

My first thought upon completing highschool was to head out to Alaska and join the fishing industry.  What the hell.  I liked to fish–thought I could make $60,000 in six months as advertised in the back of some old magazine, and use that money to travel the other six months.

I soon came upon somebody who had done just that.  He was missing a couple of fingers, walked with a limp, and had eyes that pierced right through you..he had done his time.

He explained to me that the thought of being an Alaskan fisherman did ring bells of romance—for someone that had never done it before.  All day, everyday for six months–sometimes 20 hours or more..he was required to work.  The fishing nets had taken his fingers, the constant sway of the boat had taken it’s toll on his hips…and of course he was single, unhappy, and an alcoholic.

Perhaps my thoughts of the old romantic adventure were misplaced.  I soon enrolled in college and put my dreams away.  I am sure many of us have a similar story in common.  Wanted to but never done it. 

Matt Purdy and Steve Slovacek,  currently on their 19th day of an across-the-country biking trip, have set out on their big adventure.  Both of them are 25.  Both of them had the time to try something adventurous, and both of them met up on the internet.

I’ve sold everything I own.
I’m leaving work.
I gave up my apartment.
I’m heading west.
Hopefully a solid idea of what to do next will come to me on the way.
I am excited.

This is how the subtle journey began on the vast shores of New Jersey just 19 days ago.  Both men are recording there trip for those of us interested in these adventures of mind and body, exploration and challenge.  They are both posting their adventures through words and photographs and in a sense letting us all journey with them across the United States on the internet.

Now back to Peter Jennings and his Walk Across America. 

Peter seemingly stayed away from venturing into the larger cities.  He was out to see what America had to offer and if people were really as they seemed to the public’s eye.  In a sense, greedy.

He soon discovered that people were coming to him.  They offered food, companionship, a place to pitch a tent–and even money.  The America Peter had set out to find was just waiting to be discovered.

Matt and Steve’s journey, close to 30 years later, is a little eye opening as well.  People are offering places to pitch a tent.  They are offering the roaming nomads food and showers, directions, and even companionship as people learn what these two are trying to achieve.

Steve and Matt’s journey  is showing an America that still believes in Adventure.  Alot of us may never be able or willing to make the kinds of sacrifice to take our own cross-country adventure, but through them we all share in this amazing journey.

Perhaps, 10 or 20 years from now a fourteen year old kid will be lying awake at night, flip open his laptop and discover the adventure that will take him on a lifetime of discovery.  Perhaps he will be tired of all the latest electronic gadgetry, an America that puts emphasis on fast and now–the latest and the best and begin making plans for his own adventure to discover what America really has to offer.  I have a feeling that it won’t be much different than the kindness and generosity that has seen Peter Jennings walk completed or Matt and Steve’s get off to such great start.

(Editor’s Note:  To check out Matt and Steve’s current blog, to follow along with this grand adventure–click HERE now.)

The Adventurist Interview: Hubert A. Allen, Author of Mt. Hood: The Deep Blue Zone

The Adventurist Interview with Hubert A. Allen

Author of Mount Hood The Deep Blue Zone: Story of the 2006 Climbing Tragedy

First off Mr. Allen, It is a pleasure to have you here at The Adventurist. The events surrounding the tragedy in December of 2006 still lingers deep in quite a few minds. Why do you think that this event, first off, triggered such a huge media reaction, and secondly, why has that attention seemed to continue clear up through today?

HA: Early in December of 2006 the media had already grabbed onto the case of the Lee family lost in the Oregon wilderness. It had a tragic end when the father, who tried to walk out, was found dead, apparently the victim of hypothermia and the mother and children were rescued in the vehicle they stayed with - 13 days out. Ironically CNN, for example, ran the final wrap-up story of the Lees just as the Mount Hood story broke. Mount Hood is several steps up in drama from a mud road in the forest. Basically, it on-upped the last incident at just the right moment. Unfortunately, as of this interview, they still have not recovered the bodies of the two other climbers. There is no closure. I am hoping by the end of summer the families will have their loved ones back and this physical aspect of closure will be fulfilled.

Much has been said about Brian Hall, Jerry Cooke, and Kelly James perhaps not being as prepared as they should have been. To myself though, these guys were experienced. They had climbed many times before together–they were looking for a fast ascent, so of course they carried as little as possible. They left behind notes, both at the rangers station as well as their vehicles and had a cell phone. How do you feel, being a mountain climber yourself, about their preparation?

HA: One important form of preparation is gaining knowledge of the mountain, the climb and conditions as they are. None of the three men had been on Mount Hood before. By the very timing of their effort, dedicating just a long weekend away from homes in New York and Texas to climb this 11,239 foot Mount Hood in December, they gave themselves no time to learn about the mountain. They did not adequately acclimatize - going from sea level to summit in a little over 48 hours. This is failing to prepare the body for a dangerously fast change in elevation - say 11,239 feet of elevation change in 48 hours My personal opinion is that they underestimated the mountain, the effort, and the climb itself. I now believe that the climbers brought with them all the gear needed to succeed on the mountain. However, through a series of decisions, they ended-up jettisoning most of the key survival gear prior to actually setting foot onto the North Face. The recent (July 2007) recovery of a cache of their equipment at a campsite above the Tilly Jane Hut but below the Eliot Glacier suggests they were in possession of a fairly extensive gear supply. However, when Kelly James was recovered he was far too lightly dressed for the conditions encountered. They really believed in the super-fast ascent and that they would be spending a mere matter of hours in ascent and descent of 11,239 foot Mount Hood.

Could they have done anything different that could have possibly saved their lives? Read more

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The Fall of Bear Grylls

ExplorersWeb is at it, yet again.  When I first started following this story, I questioned ExplorersWeb’s intentions.  Well it looks like they just may have been on to something.  Information is coming out of the woodworks on Bear, not only about his supposed flight over the top of Mt. Everest..but now it seems it may just be about his whole career…

I recieved a tip today about Mr. Grylls, in regards to his previous military service–after stopping by ExplorersWeb, it seems that they have recieved the same tip, as they have included this in their lead story…seems like the viewers are starting to get disgruntled at Mr. Grylls and are passing on the tips to sites like this one, The Adventure Blog and ExplorersWeb.  Here is the lowdown:

Mr. Grylls was indeed in the SAS or the British Special Forces, as he claims.  What he doesn’t mention to the public is that he was in the SAS (21)–an easier and less dangerous branch filled with prospects looking to get into the SAS (22)–the hardcore, real deal.

Bear also mentions on his site that he got out because he was in a “horendous” helicopter accident in Africa that left his back broken in three places…  We are still looking to verify this information as well–

So much has been coming out about Bear making up stories, changing words as he pleases–and in a sense trying to create a persona in the media that is a little far from the truth, that nobody is real sure about what to believe…

Even his shows Man vs. Wild and Born Survivor: Bear Grylls try to create him as this mythic superhuman that can and does get out of any situation–Alive.  Over the past couple of weeks, reports of what is really going on during these “Adventure Excursions” is starting to become more clear–they have been meticulously set-up to trick the viewer that Bear was actually doing everything he says, yet in reality, it was prearranged.

ExplorersWebs intentions, I am sure, was not to discredit Mr. Grylls in the beginning, but as the story has come around full circle now and every detail of Bear’s career is being analyzed, I think it is safe that we can all assume that nothing is as it seems.

For the complete breakdown of the truth vs. lies of Bear Grylls, I request that you head on over to the ExplorersWeb site and check out their lead story…

I guess to me, personally, I am now even questioning whether or not their is a Bear Grylls, or if this is all just a made up media blitz as well.  I guess we will all have to wait and see..

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The Adventurist: A Call to All Outdoor Writers and Photographers!

I have just put the finishing touches on a new “Submit & Contact” Page here at The Adventurist.  I am hoping that this new feature will be accepted and used by all of my great readers.

This page goes into detail about a few things I am looking for here at The Adventurist–and ways you might be able to get involved.

Do you love Adventure Writing or perhaps Great Outdoors Photography?–Help me share your incredible talents with a much bigger audience!

Head on Over to the “Submit & Contact” Page, found on a tab right up above this article, and Share your Adventures with the World!

Also, if you are looking to put me to work, there is info there as well….

Cheers-

J. Alan Hendricks, Editor

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Everest 2007 Update: David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse, Bandits on the High Hill, and more…

I really have some mixed emotions reporting this news today and have waited in order to get my own thoughts in line..

David Tait Calls Off Double-Traverse

David Tait has called off his Double-Traverse of Everest after successfully summiting from the North to the South side two days ago.  I will let David explain from his own post on his Expedition Blog:

We had achieved Bc to Bc - at last.

However, during the later part of the endless painful descent I realised two things. Firstly, I was not going to be able, in all seriousness to motivate both mind and body to turn around and do it all again, at least not in the time-scale allowed. There might be some supermen in this world, but I discovered that I am frankly not one of them. The men who are however, are people like Phurba Tashi, and his band of awesome cohorts, who day-in day-out climb, stock, rope and carry loads up and down Everest without the slightest hint of complaint - in fact they appear to accept it as a priviledge. The have an almost alien mindset, and a work-ethic, no-one in Britain can even imagine.

The second moment of clarity amidst the pain, was the simple [and previously much considered] fact that in order for me to pander to my ego and claim to be the “First person to Double-Traverse Everest’
I would have to simply ask Phurba to step aside, the moment before we hypothetically summitted a second time. This was frankly unacceptable to me. I’m sure there are many people out there who claim success, when in fact everything is owed to some obscure unmentioned Sherpa. Well, the fact is we both traversed Everest the first time as equals, despite his immeasurably superior experience and skills, but if I indeed had the surplus energy to attempt a second summit, I would have been a fraud in asking him to let me summit first. This wasnt going to happen.

So David decided to ditch his plans and do what was right for his body…his mind…and his soul.  It was a very valiant effort on his part.

David, in a sense, made it possible for so many climbers after him to be able to achieve their dream of reaching the South Summit.  On David’s trip down the South Col, he managed to break trail and fix ropes that would eventually allow many other expeditions to follow up in his tracks-

I do feel it was the right call though.  David has been here before–he knows his body is these conditions and is a better judge than any of us could be.

It would have been nice if David would have set a new first on Everest, but after reading his post we can all understand his thinking and hopfully offer him a little more respect for his call and his judgement.  Well done on a great Expedition David.

As some of you may or may not know, I had the opportunity to Interview David before this Expedition began.  You may find this Interview here.

Bandits on the High Hill

DCXP is reporting that one of their Sherpa once again got involved in helping out another climber.  Namgia Sherpa, who was also quite possibly the Life-saver when Maxut and Vissily’s Expedition got in to trouble , has also been of dire help as noted here as well:

News from the Hill
Manwell - a.k.a. Manni the Canadian, on base services from Arun treks - with his own Sherpa - summited today (17th May) with borrowed crampons (from DCXP) after his first pair were stolen and while he ran out of oxygen at the second step on the way down and his Sherpa adandoned him, worse was to come -in fact when he got back to 8300m high camp his tent, stove, extra oxygen was all cleaned out and his faithless Sherpa no where to been seen….. cavet emptor - buyer beware…..

I think that if there were a “Humanitarian Award” in the climbing Community, Namgia Sherpa has more than proven he deserves the title.

More Teams on a Summit Push

Tonight should be another exciting night as more teams will be trying to make their own summit bids.  We will have more on this as the news becomes available, but so far, today has been very quiet from many Expeditions.

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Tragedy x 3: Alpine Climbing Greats Andi Orgler and Kasper Ochsner Dead as Well…

Today has been a day of tragedy in the climbing World.  As mentioned in a previous post (found just below this one) Lara Kellogg has reportedly died on Mt. Wake and now more tragedy coming in from the world of Alpine Climbing as being reported from The Alpinist.

Andi Orgler, from Austria, has apparently been killed in a hang-gliding accident in a competition in Australia after his equipment Malfunctioned.

Andi Orgler was famous in the world of Alpine Climbing for putting up many first ascents, as well as many first ski descents.  His popularity grew throughout the climbing world during the 1980’s and 90’s as he converged on an amazing series of ascents in The Ruth Gorge in Alaska with differing partners.  For his amazing climbs in The Ruth Gorge, Orgler was awarded  the Piolet de’Or in 1995.

It is also being noted that another famed Alpinist, Kasper Ochsner has dissappeared while attempting a solo, winter climb of the Engelhorner.  Ochsner was a Swiss Mountain Guide, Ski Instructor, as well as part owner of a well known Swiss climbing shop.

Oschner was well known in Switzerland as a pioneer in Alpine Rock Climbing, having put up many of the toughest routes in Switzerland.   Oschner also put up a new route on The Eiger as well.

One Day, Three Tragic Deaths.  Kellogg, Orgler, and Ochsner will be dearly missed, but fondly remembered for their individual contributions to the world of mountain climbing.

As always with a death in the climbing community, The Adventurist will go to “black” mode as a symbol of mourning and respect for our fallen brothers and sister.

Our thoughts and Prayers are with the climbers’ family and friends as they try to cope with today’ tragedies.  They will be missed dearly.

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The Complete Coverage! Everest 2007!

The Complete Coverage!  Everest 2007!  Click here!

As many of you might know, a couple of months back I mentioned that I would be setting up a Page on The Adventurist for the Everest 2007 Climbing season.

This page will be similar to the page covering the Mt. Hood Tragedy I covered in 2006 offering up all the links and stories as we publish them in one easily located space.

What this does is it allows all of my loyal readers an easier way to follow along with the Everest 2007 season as it happens, as well as lets you keep track of what HAS happened up to the latest story.  At the top of this site, you will now see a headline that reads “The Complete Coverage!  Everest 2007!  Click Here!”, by clicking this, you will now have access to every story concerning the 2007 Everest Climbing season.

I hope you enjoy this convenient way of staying on track with the happenings on Everest this season.  It is really shaping up to be a great season with many stories breaking daily.  You will now find them all here!

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Got an Adventure to Tell? Tell Your Story Here!

Once in awhile I like to open up a post to let you, my readers, have a voice….I want to know YOUR Personal Adventure Story.  This is your chance to let the world know how cool you are and at the same time, maybe it will influence others to go out there and live that Adventure they have been dreaming about!

You may post ANY adventure, not just climbing…I am looking for hiking, kayaking, extreme sports, hunting, fishing,…anything outdoors that you had a great time doing and discovering… Read more

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