Howard Meyerson
After more than 30 years in the outdoor writing business, you would think I'd know better.
Tag Archives: Mountains
73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest, breaks her own record
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
Everest Expedition Calls Off Risky West Ridge Climb
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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Tagged Climbing, Mount Everest, Mountains, National Geographic, North Face
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Stormy weather claims eight in Japanese Alps
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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Tagged Adventure Travel, Climbing, Hypothermia, Japan, Mountains
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