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

The Road to Everest–Literally!

Mt. Everest is set to be getting a new road.  The road, scheduled to begin construction on Monday, is being put in to place by the Chinese in an effort to help with their 2008 plans of summiting Mt. Everest with the famed Olympic Torch. 

This year has already seen the Chinese make a successful practice run of the torch to the summit.

The new road in will allow for a speedier trek to Basecamp for the Chinese as well as many other Expeditions that use this same path to Mt. Everest annually.  The Chinese are predicting a big outpouring of spectators for this event and are trying to rush along the process to ensure it’s success before next years Olympic Games.

The new road, which will run from Tangri County of Xigaze Prefecture at the base of Mt. Everest to Mt. Everest Basecamp–some 108 km, will be placed directly on top of a rough path used by Expedition Companies and climbers to reach Everest Basecamp.  The new road project is expected to take 4 months to build and will come in at a rough cost of $19.7 million.

The new road building project is set to kick off Monday with groundbreaking at Everest Basecamp, some 5, 200 meters above sea level.

The Road will be built complete with blacktop and metal guardrails and should allow much easier access to a place that usually took three days or more to get to, in the past.

Earlier this year rumors started circulating that the Chinese plan to shut down the North Side of Everest next year to Expeditions hoping to try for a summit next spring.  At this time no further word has been given about this situation.

Of interest though would be the expected crowds that this new road might let in to one of the most dangerous mountains in the world.  In 2007, well over 500 people made a successful summit, while 5 died in the process.  It is hard to imagine possibly more crowds in the basecamp area as alot of teams were concerned about them this season…

Also, Tibet, who has been fighting for this territory that China also claims ownership to since the 1950’s, has been highly outspoken in their dissapproval of anything in their country being tied to the Chinese Olympics.  Tibet has been voicing their opinions in highly public protests–one of which led to 5 people being arrested on Mt. Everest this season, against China.

With all of this building up to the 2008 Olympics and the 2008 Everest climbing season in the spring, it will be very interesting to see how this plays out, and if, indeed, the Chinese can pull this off successfully without an International Incident, as Tibet will once again become a huge focus in International circles.

The ChinaView was the source for part of this information after following a link from The Drudge Report.

17 Summit Everest From Large Chinese Expedition!

ExplorersWeb is reporting that 17 individuals made the summit of Mt. Everest this morning from the large Chinese Expedition.

Few details are known at this time, other than what David Tait is reporting from his current Expedition Blog:

“This morning the enormous Chinese team succeeded in placing 17 beaming climbers on what appears to be a windy summit. My congratulations to them all - a great effort.”

The Chinese Expedition, if you will remember, has been trying to do a practice run up Everest in anticipation of bringing the 2008 Chinese Olympic Torch to the summit.  It now seems like that practice run has been successful.

Over the past few days teams on the North Side have held up any plans for the summit due to high winds–60 knots at some times–that could actually take a climber off his feet.

Most are anticipating a window in the weather to open up right around May 16.

The 17 Chinese Climbers should bring this seasons summiters to a total of 26 now from the North Side, including 5 Sherpa.

Everest 2007: Inside Himex Basecamp, From The Outside

Nick Heil, a journalist for Outside magazine, has recently joined up with Russell Brice and his Himex team at Everest Basecamp and will be chronicling the Himex Everest Expedition this season for Outside magazine.  All of this is taking place in the Outside Blog.

Some quick observations about Nick Heil’s Blog about this Expedition.

First, is the shear size of Russell Brice’s Expedition this season.  Here are a few details:

1. The Himex team’s camp consists of 87 tents.
2. Of those 87–67 are two-person dome tents provided by Mountain Experience.
3. The rest are divided among “specialty” tents.  One each for the following:  Communications, Medical, Russell Brice’s Personal Bedroom, One kitchen for climbers, as well as one for the Discovery Channel Film Team, A Food storage tent, 3 mess tents, 2 client bathroom tents, 3 client storage tents, One Sherpa Kitchen, One Sherpa Dining Tent and 4 Sherpa Dorm Tents, and 2 Sherpa Bathroom tents.   They also have a make-shift film studio made of plywood, as well as “The Tiger Room”, which has been getting publicity for it’s geodesic shape, as well as it’s size..24 by 24 by 24 ft. high.

At this point I would like to mention that a lot of people, including myself, have been speculating about the big size of the chinese expedition team.  At this time, in comparison, the chinese team consists of 90 people, of which ten will be making a summit bid.

If the Himex team has less people–why so much room, and why has this not been mentioned in the press until now?

Also interesting to note, I recently had the chance to discuss the Chinese team with David Tait, a member of this season’s Himex team.  David told me that the Chinese really had no real “prescence” at Basecamp that was noticable.  Maybe this is because Brice’s Himex team is so large itself…

As far as why there is such a big layout of the Himex team, Nick Heil goes on to add:

“While this may seem excessive for a mountaineering expedition, it serves a functional and necessary purpose too. In the calculus of high-altitude climbing, discomfort and even boredom can feed stress and anxiety, and that costs energy. And in this game, the more reserves of energy you can take up high, the better your chances of success—and safety. Ultimately, it doesn’t make the climbing any easier, but it can make it more feasible. When you consider that climbing Everest necessarily entails putting your life on the line, why not do everything possible to stack the deck in your favor?”

The Outside Blog has been updated four times since it began on May 1st.  Other notable mentions on this blog include the recent summit and struggled descent of Maxut and Vissily just a few days ago–which to make a small matter clear–Alex Abramov , from 7Summits went to Russell Brice’s Himex tent to ask for help in getting Maxut and Vissily back down safely–as well as a good post on a meeting Nick Heil conducted with a good friend of The Adventurist, David Tait.

The Outside Blog becomes the fourth Blog to be covering this Himex Expedition.  It is definately getting some wide coverage, especially through the Discovery Channel Site, where they are keeping a blog as well.  It is nice to see yet another perspective that, to this point, doesn’t seem to be biased in the least.  This willd efinately be a nice addition as the Himex team starts to prepare for it’s summit bids in the coming days.

David Sharp HAD to Die on Everest

People die on Mt. Everest.  That is a fact.  In fact until the last few years the statistic was that for every four people to make the summit, one would die.  In recent times (the 2007 Everest climbing season involves close to 1,000 individuals) that number has grown to one in twenty.

Last season brought the tragic death of David Sharp and the controversy of climbers not helping a fellow climber in need to the forefront of media institutions around the world.  Perhaps this is because people never  really knew what went on at 28,000 ft. or they never really thought about it until the media picked up the story.

I am not going to go in to detail on what happened to David Sharp.  By now the world over knows this story and  a year later it still lingers in the minds and bemoans an outpouring of controversy.  Everyone has an opinion.  I will leave it at that.

What I would like to mention is that David Sharp has not been the only climber to be left behind.  It has happened before and more than likely it will happen again.  Read more

BREAKING NEWS: SEVEN SUMMIT MT. EVEREST

This news is coming in from all over the place right now…ExplorersWeb, Alan Arnette, The Adventure Blog and EverestNews is all reporting on the first Everest summits of the 2007 season today.

First reports were that the two man team of Vassily Pivtsov and Maxud Zumaev had reached The summit of Everest at 6 pm Chinese Time today, at which time the two contacted Alex Abramov from the summit.  The reports coming in say Vassily and Maxud left at around 10 pm lastnight to begin their long journey up Everest.  The two reached the summit without using O2 or Sherpa support and both can now claim their 11th 8,000 meter peak.

Just a couple of days ago Vassily and Maxud made a push for the summit of Everest, but had to turn back as bad weather started to descend upon them.  The two are now trying to race back down Everest as fast as possible to make camp at a lower altitude.

After this news was released, another report came down.

It is rumored, as no “official” word has came in yet, that 5 Sherpas from the Himex team had reached the summit as well today…30 minutes prior to Vassily and Maxud. 

It seems the Sherpas after finishing the arduous task of laying lines to the upper reaches of Everest, decided to have a go themselves.

This is great news.  These seven summitters reached this plateau on the exact same date as last years first summits.

I am sure this will definately ignite some of these other teams to persue their summit bids as well in the coming days.  The Chinese Team will definately be on the watch for the right opportunity, as well as an Indian team that is supposedly making it’s way up as we speak.

As far as some of the other teams led by Expedition companies, most will probably stay right on track.  Their acclimitazation is their main concern right now and much care will be taken before making their summit bids.  Right now, the date floating around for a couple of the teams is May 5.  In the coming week we will definately be looking for some great action over on Everest.

The Adventurist Congratulates The 5 Himex Sherpas as well as Vissily and Maxud upon their successful Summit Bids.  Now, come on back down–and keep safety in mind..

Responsibility and Death on Everest: A Response Comes In…

Yesterday I posted an editorial titled “Responsibility and Death on Everest”.  I am not going to go back and rehash what was said, but I will let you click the title and read it for yourselves.

It seems like this issue is drawing some interest here as well as possibly opening up further dicussions in the climbing community.  My good friend Kraig over at “The Adventure Blog” quickly linked up to the story and shared his opinion on the issue I raised on his own site.  I thank him for sharing his personal insight into this discussion.

I have also been contacted by Jake Norton from Mountain World Productions.  Now those of you not familiar with Jake or his incredibly enlightening personal blog are in for a treat!

Here is a little background on Jake.  Jake Norton is an Everest Veteran.  He has been on five seperate expeditions to the world’s highest mountain, including 2 successful summits.  He has also participated in many expeditions all around the Himalayas.  Jake has been a mountain guide since 1993 working with some of the best companies in the business including Rainier Mountaineering and International Mountain Guides (IMG) to name a few.  Jake now spends his time as a professional climber, speaker, and photographer while also maintaining his Blog “The MountainWorld Blog”.

Here is what Jake Norton had to say about “Responsibility and Death on Everest”–

Thanks for your great post, and your excellent articles - lots of great information out here, and it is nice to see good opinion, thoughts, and ideas on Everest and climbing in general in a new format with fresh ideas! (And, thanks for the link to The
MountainWorld Blog!)

As an Everest veteran (5 expeditions, 2 summits, and many other trips to the Himalaya), I had some thoughts to share regarding the expedition leaders on Everest, Russell Brice, etc. Read more

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“One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008″

The above slogan landed 5 Americans in some deep trouble today on Mt. Everest’s North Basecamp as Chinese authorities detained them for protesting the Chinese Olympic Torch run up Mt. Everest for the 2008 Olympics.

It is pretty wide spread news that China is currently holding a “practice run” of the torch ceremony this season on Everest.

The activists, all members of “Students for a Free Tibet”, were staging a protest involving banners that proclaim ” One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008″.

The Chinese Olympic slogan for 2008:  “One World, One Dream.”

Many people have began to raise an issue with China over their use of Tibet as a site for part of their Olympic Torch run.  The activists claim that China’s use of Mt. Everest is being done to undermine the real issue of the people of Tibet, and that is their freedom and their country back.

For more on this, I will send you over to the Associated Press’ great story found HERE.

At this time, it is not currently known what will happen to these american activists.  It has been noted though that their passports have been taken away and they are still being held.

An ongoing battle has been raging since 1951 when China first came to occupy Tibet. 

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Sir Edmund Hillary: Your Thoughts, Your Prayers

It is being widely reported today that Sir Edmund Hillary has been injured in a fall.  Sir Hillary was the first person, along with his climbing sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to summit Mt. Everest.  It has been noted that Hillary is not suffering “Life-Threatening” injuries and that his progress is going well.

Hillary is 87 years old and has recently taken up walking with a cane.  It is also being reported that Sir Edmund Hillary has been suffering from High Altitude Sickness for a number of years now.

In due respect for what Sir Edmund Hillary has come to mean and represent in the climbing community, I thought that it would be a good time for all of my loyal readers here at The Adventurist to wish Sir Edmund Hillary the best.  Today we keep you in all of our thoughts and prayers! 

You, the reader, may post your thoughts, prayers, and good wishes upon Sir Edmund Hillary here, as we all come together to wish him a fast recovery

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Everest: Beyond the Limit II, Television Without Pity, and David Tait

I recently found a forum dedicated to the Discovery Channel’s “Everest: Beyond the Limit”, quite by mistake.  It seems that the people over at “Television Without Pity” have linked to a story here at The Adventurist.

Twenty-Six pages.  That is the space that the “Everest: Beyond the Limit” forum encompasses and from quickly reading through it, here are a few things I have discovered.

  1) The first “Everest: Beyond the Limit” was vastly more popular than I previously suspected. 

  2)There are ALOT of people interested in Everest.  They read the day-to-day postings of the Everest Expeditions and discuss them accordingly, with a special emphasis on the Discovery Channel Team, David Tait, and Himex.

A couple of interesting questions being discussed at the time of this posting was 1) what effect will the chinese play in this season’s Discovery Channel Show?  2)  Are the climber’s who are “blogging” their journey being forced to say certain things and not allowed to say others? and 3)  Russell Brice, the leader of the Himex team being trailed by Discovery Channel this season.

I will take one of these questions at this time.  Question 2.  Are the Everest members who are blogging their expedition being forced to say certain things, while not being allowed to say others.  This is a pretty tough question.  Some Expeditions require sponsors.  As part of the deal, the sponsors are guaranteed certain “coverage”, including, but not limited to mentioning the products they are using.  Take a look at the Coleman Everest 2007 Team this season for a good example.

I think this forum was referring to the postings by David Tait, as they specifically mention him along the way.  When David first started blogging about his expedition, he questioned if the Discovery Team would hinder his performance to reach his ultimate goal–the summit of Everest–he also questioned their previous experience to be able to handle an Expedition on Everest.  During David’s very honest postings he didn’t think about the Discovery Channel Team actually reading his blog–which they did do–now he has drawn some criticism from a couple of the members of the Discovery Team.

David has now decided to not “focus” so much on what is going on around him in his blog posts–but stay strictly on the subject.  Part of the reasoning in this though is because David, willing or not, will be in the public’s eye when the Discovery Channel finally releases this year’s series–and as a public figure you are bound to get scrutinized not only by your peers, but also by the people in the public.  So, rather than be the center of a “controversy”, David has opted out and will now focus only on himself.

David, and I am not at all speaking from him, but those around him, kind of shuns the public exposure…yet, he has a valid and very significant goal in mind, and that is to bring awareness to Abused Children through the foundation he is helping to support through this expedition–The NSPCC.  David has worked hard with this project, but he also realizes that he can draw attention to this subject by being a part of The Discovery Channel’s filming.

David’s previous experience of already summiting Everest once (last season), along with his goal of doing a double summit this year has kind of put him in the spotlight with the Discovery Channel team.  One member called him “007″ esque, in reference to James Bond.  His confidence in himself is another underlying factor.  David is a very positive person.  You add up all these details, and David could very well end up being a very big part of this show.

The Discovery Channel Team has already held meetings with David discussing the use of a helicopter to film him on his first descent.

David and I talk pretty regularly through the use of email.  He has answered every question I have asked.  He granted myself a special interview for this site well before this season kicked off and clear up to about a month ahead of time, he had no idea he was going to be climbing with the Discovery Channel Team.

David is confident.  But his confidence arises from knowing his abilities.  He has been here before, just not with a camera in his face.  To be harsh on David for his words, in my own opinion, is selfish.

The climbers can and do speak for themselves on their blog, but at the same time they all know that if they speak wrongly–people will notice–they choose their words very carefully and try not to be too critical of the ones around them.

I will end with a thanks to “Television Without Pity” for the special mention in their forum and hope that everyone stopping by from that neck of the woods will find something of interest here.

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