Tag Archives: Climbing

Fee increase proposed at Sleeping Bear Dunes and other U.S. national parks

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Howard Meyerson

  By Howard Meyerson If you are planning a trip to a national park this summer, you might want to check and see what it will cost to get in. Entrance, camping, and other fees will be higher at some … Continue reading →

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Looking Back on Everest: Jim Whittaker 50 years hence

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Howard Meyerson

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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Blind paddler planning to run the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Howard Meyerson

Erik Weihenmayer climbed Mt. Everest in 2001 – a feat in and of itself and one that takes your breath away when you realize he is blind. Weihenmayer made the cover of Time Magazine that year. But the 44-year-old adventurer … Continue reading →

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Getting Edgy: Collaboration Unlikely

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Howard Meyerson

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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Posted on September 3, 2012 by Howard Meyerson

Originally posted on 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,…

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Threatening Rock Climbing in a Cuban Paradise

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Howard Meyerson

If you ask someone whether rock climbing is prohibited in Cuba, the answer is likely to be  ‘No, it is not.”  At least that is what  Alex Lowthere reports for the New York Times today. But follow it with another question … Continue reading →

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Four People Die on Mt. Everest

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Howard Meyerson

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 Howard Meyerson

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 Howard Meyerson

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 Howard Meyerson

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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