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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First Pluto is Demoted, and now The Nile?
That is right. The world we live in and beyond is vastly changing at a rate that not many of us are to fond of.
Pluto has been written off the planet charts (even though I agree with my daughter, most of us will still consider it a planet in our world of “underground” knowledge) by scientists, now it is just a large rock floating in the abyss..
Add to that, the recent unravelings of the World’s Longest River…The Nile, you think?
Think again. The Amazon. That is right. Scientists have recently discovered that the Amazon River is approximately 176 miles longer than originally thought and now extends into the Southern reaches of Peru, making it the NEW world’s longest river.
The 176 miles of new Amazon, will place it at roughly 4, 225 miles long–making it 65 miles longer than the Nile.
Scientists sponsored by The Brazilian Institute of Science and Statistics, have placed the new Amazon beginning in the Southern Mountains of Peru.
This has to be disheartening to at least one individual–Martin Strehl–who laid claim earlier this year to completing the first swim that went the full distance of the Amazon…
This just goes to show that no one is ever happy being in second place..
It will be interesting to see how Egypt takes this news as well..Perhaps the Nile will grow soon, too…
I can slowly see Mr. Martin Strehl’s great accomplishments in the World of River Swimming being wiped off the charts..Perhaps he had swam one river to many..and p’d off the wrong folks…
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Everest 2007 Update: More Summits, Another Confirmed Death, and News of a New World Record Holder!
Death of Czech Climber, Libor Kozak, Confirmed
Recent dispatches have been circulating a rumored death on Mt. Everest for the past couple of days. Today we can positively confirm that this death did take place and did involve a Czech climber.
Libor Kozak, 47, had been climbing on the North Side of Mt. Everest, pushing for the summit when he began to feel bad. He decided to head back to Camp at 8300 meters in an attempt to get possible help and rest. Libor Kozak ended up being sicker than what some had thought and ended up dying at this point.
This news was originally posted on an Expedition Update by Alex Abramov and the 7Summits Expedition, but over the next couple of days the story had quieted down.
Two days later, EverestNews made a post saying a confirmation of the death would be coming in, but it never came as they were awaiting word that the family of the climber had been notified of his passing and his name was never released.
CzechClimbing.com Originally made the assumption of who the climber was, based on their information that there was only one Czech Climber climbing from the North this season, Libor Kozak. On a post to their site, a friend of Libor Kozak’s family confirmed the news and mentioned that the family had been notified.
A New World’s Youngest 7 Summitter
Samantha Larson, 18, from Long Beach, CA has just become the youngest person in the world to climb the highest mountain on all 7 continents.
She made this new record after summiting Mt. Everest on Thurday with her father, David Larson. Her record now surpasses the previous record for the youngest 7Summiter held by 20 year old British climber, Rhys Miles Jones.
Samantha Larson began her assault on the 7 Summits record at the Ripe Old Age of 13, when she first reached the summit of South America’s Tallest peak Mt. Aconcagua. Then the following year she successfully climbed Africa’s tallest Peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Samantha Larson graduated from Long Beach Poly High School last year and amazingly carried a 4.43 Grade point average throughout her high school career. Upon graduation, Samantha took a year off, in order to climb some of the world’s tallest peaks, before heading off to Stanford University.
Samantha Larson made contact with her Mother,to inform her of the news, after reaching Camp 2 upon her descent.
A Big Congratulations goes out to this young lady from The Adventurist.
The World’s youngest Mt. Everest summiter happens to be a Sherpa who scaled the mountain at the age of 15.
More Summits Today
Alex Abramov’s first group from the 7 Summits Expedition has officially made the summit. This first wave involved 12 individuals–with a second group currently heading up as well.
Alex Abramov did mention the following news though, and we will have to keep an eye out on this situation:
Only our guide Sergey Kofanov continues to work on the route. . He has found out near to the camp of 8300 meters an Italian climber in very bad condition. As appeared, he has spent two days near the camp of 8300 meters, probably out of tent. Sergey Kofanov has collected small group of rescue: they are two French girls and one Sherpa. They accompany the Italian downwards. In the beginning he could not even move at all and could not speak. Sergey made an injection of deximetazon, then have moved him in a tent, gave him water. In result, Italian climber now can go down on one`s own, but very slowly. We hope, that they can lower him today down to the camp on North Col.
Adventure Consultants Summit 5
Adventure Consultants has announced that 5 members of their team have successfully summited today. Here is a report from their Expedition as well:
Astounding us with their speed and grace, our climbers reached the summit at 5.00am today, just as the first rays of the sun also arrived. Sherpas Lhakpa Dorjee, Nima Dorjee and Pasang Bhote reached the top first, followed by Mike Roberts and Cedric Hayden, accompanied by cheering on the radio from Basecamp! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
Prague Mayor Summits!
Pavel Bem, the mayor from Prague that subsequently was turned away from attempting the North Ridge Route by the Chinese, has successfully summited from the South. Pavel Bem, climbing with his two personal Sherpas made his successful summit today.
Alan Arnette’s magnificent Mt. Everest website has some news of note today. Actually, two pieces.
The first involves the female chinese climber that was reportedly killed while trying to ascend Mt. Everest two nights ago.
The good news is that she is still alive and made it successfully to ABC..and seems to be coming along fine.
The second news of note found on Alan’s site is the story of four Italian Climbers that seemingly got into trouble on Everest and the story that ensued. I reccommend all of you stopping over and checking out this piece and while you are at it, join Alan’s Climbing Forum dedicated to Mt. Everest and Mountain Climbing in general. By the way, if you stop by his place, tell him I sent you–
Bear Grylls
The Adventure Blog has posted news of Bear Grylls making his successful flight to the height of Mt. Everest and beyond. A couple of days ago I posted a piece about an unexpected “encounter” with Bear Grylls by one of the Expedition teams. You may find this story HERE as well.
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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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Prague Mayor at Everest Basecamp….
Being refused entry into Tibet from the Chinese Border, The Mayor of Prague–Pavel Bem has decided on another way around the system…climbing from the opposite side.
Pavel Bem, who has stirred up controversy in his homeland of the Czech Republic after announcing his plans to scale Everest this season…has reached basecamp on the Nepal side.
His team has scored the required permits and are now sitting at Basecamp–
Mayor Pavel Bem got turned away from the Chinese Border after it was learned that he had been “blacklisted” in China. At this point it is not known why Pavel had showed up on this Chinese list, but subsequently he was forbidden to cross the Chinese Border into Tibet.
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Just some Numbers…A Look Back and a Step Forward
Complete 2007 Everest Coverage! Click Here!
It is always interesting to take a look back while keeping a firm foot pointed forward. Alan Arnette’s Site is great in that Alan has been covering Everest for a few years now and gives some of the most detailed reports around.
I decided to check back and see what was taking place on Everest last year and years previous and try to see how it relates to today…
Last year at this point, April 16, there had already been one death on Everest as a result of HAPE, or High Altitude Sickness. The death occured to a Sherpa upon returning from a high altitude climb on the North Side. Read more
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Prague Mayor Refused Entry at Chinese Border For Attempt on Everest
The Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, has been refused entry to Mt. Everest at the Chinese Border. It seems that Bem was “blacklisted” in China and security agents on the Chinese border refused his entry.
Mayor Pavel Bem has been the subject of controversy since making his plans known in Prague that he would be taking a leave of abscence from his office to attempt an Everest Summit this season. The King, himself, has dissapproved of this journey from the start as well as fellow citizens and dignitaries in Prague.
From ExplorersWeb, we get this update from the Dutch Team:
” At the last minute a five-member Czech/Slovak team joined us — one of the climbers is the mayor of Prague.”
“However, they were rejected by border patrols,” De Jong said. “The Chinese did not let them enter China… apparently the group was on some black list of sorts. They had to drive back all the way to Kathmandu.”
It will be very interesting to see if Pavel Bem will now reject his expedition and head back home, or if he will try to fight through the blacklisting. As far as I know, this is the first problem that has arisen from the Chinese Border this season.
I will try to keep you updated as this story breaks.
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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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Mayor and Former Deputy Minister to each try Everest in 2007
It seems like EVERYONE is wanting there shot at Everest this season. I mentioned Orlando Bloom yesterday, and today news reports are circulating that the Mayor of Prague is leaving in two weeks for his attempt at the world’s highest mountain.
The Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, has been given an unpaid leave of absence from his city duties to take part in this season on Everest.
His absence from Prague is disapproved by some in his country as wel as by the King himself, but this is not going to stop Pavel Bem from trying one of his life long dreams.
Also, Former Deputy Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Khalid Yunus, has arrived in Kathmandu for his attempt on Everest as well. It seems like the politicians are trying to draw attention to their respected countries by doing something that few people ever have the chance to do–Climb Everest.
Datuk Khalid Yunus said that he is climbing Everest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Malaysia.
Both of these stories are coming from the ABC of Mountaineering website.
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