Tag Archives: Mountains

Looking Back on Everest: Jim Whittaker 50 years hence

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Perhaps you know of this man: Jim Wittaker, the first American to climb Mt. Everest. That American expedition took place nearly 50 years ago in 1963. Whittaker and his sherpa,  Nawang Gombu, were the seventh and eighth ever to climb … Continue reading →

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Getting Edgy: Collaboration Unlikely

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

In light of recent aggressive attacks by mountain goats, one might imagine a climber’s consternation. Photo found at The American Alpine Institute on Facebook.

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Hail Storm Provides Some Drama

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

Reblogged from Hiking Angeles Forest: Our early afternoon arrival at Trail Camp corresponded with the appearance of dark storm clouds.  The pattern the ranger and Scott spoke of for past days was holding true on this day too.  Fortunately, off … Continue reading →

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5 wounded warriors attempt Mount McKinley summit

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Five men who have fought America’s wars, four of which lost a limb, took on the biggest challenge of their life, a Fox News report says today. They are all attempting to climb Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest peak. The … Continue reading →

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Wonder Lake, Alaska..

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Reblogged from I like photo..!: Now this is living!

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Four People Die on Mt. Everest

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Four climbers said to be old chums died on Mt. Everest this past weekend. Reports so far are that all four died from altitude sickness. The climbers come from Germany, South Korea, Canada and China, Discovery News reports today. The … Continue reading →

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1,100-foot fall causes first death of season on McKinley

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Mount McKinley, North America’s highest peak, claimed its first climber for the 2012 climbing season. The climber, as yet unidentified,  fell 1,100 feet Friday after turning to retrieve a backpack that was sliding down a slope, Denali National Park officials … Continue reading →

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73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest, breaks her own record 

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

A feel good story if ever there was one. It gives this aging outdoor writer hope. Tamae Watanabe reached Everest’s 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning, the New York Daily News … Continue reading →

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Everest Expedition Calls Off Risky West Ridge Climb

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Dry and windy conditions that transformed a normally snowy route into an icy one has forced a  National Geographic team to call off their attempt to climb the rarely climbed West Ridge of Mount Everest. National Geographic reports today that … Continue reading →

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Stormy weather claims eight in Japanese Alps

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Eight climbers were killed in bad weather Saturday while trying to climb in the county’s “northern alps,” according to a story today in Japan Times Online. “Nagano Prefectural Police said a party of six men in their 60s and 70s … Continue reading →

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