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09/07/2007 21:55
Derry Journal By By Erin Hutcheon She may have become famous as Northern Ireland`s first woman to conquer Everest, but a little known fact about Hannah Shields is that she was also the first woman to summit the mountain with full lipstick and her Paloma Picasso perfume on."There`s nothing glamorous ... Details » |
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02/07/2007 10:03
1st July 9:30am - Ian Mckeever is now the proud record holder of the World Speed Record for the 7 Summits. The team summited Denali yesterday (30th June) to complete the challenge in a total of 156 days, knocking an incredible 31 days off the old record. Summiting alongside Ian was Dave ... Details » |
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22/06/2007 11:38
Everest summit ! Business Wire On June 19, Sean Swarner, a two-time cancer survivor, successfully reached the summit of Denali, the highest peak in North America. The 20,320-foot climb marked the final summit in Swarner`s quest to become the first two-time cancer survivor to mount the highest ... Details » |
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20/06/2007 22:02
China on Wednesday confirmed the construction of a 110-km-long metalled highway in Tibet to Mt Everest in an attempt to provide an additional bonanza to the world at the time of the Olympics. The move has sparked off howls of protests from environmentalists while in New Delhi there has been ... Details » |
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11/05/2007 11:15
For Ludmila Korobeshko - Denali is closed Dear Mountaineering Society !!!! I’d like to draw your attention to the question of climbing Mt McKinley and abnormal situation with commercial groups. Every year Denali rangers arrest and impose fines on respected people: representatives of ... Details » |
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10/04/2007 19:12
Dave Pritt, Director of Adventure Peaks and friends Ian McKeever and John Whittle are attempting to break the world record for climbing the seven summits. The record currently stands at 187 days. They made 4 summits before trying to climb Elbrus. 9th April - Life can be hard in the mountains. The ... Details » |
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05/04/2007 20:28
4 April 2007 Ervand Iljinsky, the famous coach of the National Kazakhstan team, has completed "7 summits" program - he has just returned from Australia, where he climbed Kosciuszko peak. Ervand summited Everest in 1990, together with American-Chineese-Soviet expedition, then climbed Denali, ... Details » |
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24/03/2007 08:32
Dave Pritt, Director of Adventure Peaks and friends Ian McKeever and John Whittle are attempting to break the world record for climbing the seven summits. The record currently stands at 187 days. The team reached the summit yesterday, 16th of March, they were lucky enough to get clear weather for ... Details » |
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19/03/2007 21:10
Werner Berger works out in front of his hypobaric tent. He is sleeping in it to prepare for the ultimate challenge of climbing the world`s highest mountain, Mount Everest. At 69, acclimatizing to the thin air at high altitude is one of the biggest challenges. (Greg Henkenhaf, Sun Media) He`s proof ... Details » |
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10/03/2007 22:22
14 Year Old to Kick Off Seven Summit Campaign in 2007 LONDON, Ontario -- On Tuesday March 13 at 1pm at the London Convention Centre, with supporters including London Ontario Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best and Canadian cancer fighting kids in attendance, 14 year old mountaineer Brandon Schupp will ... Details » |
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24/02/2007 13:34
IOC Evaluation Commission Departs Sochi Praising Strong Public Support and Unique Bid Assets 23.02.07 The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission concluded its visit to Sochi today by praising the strong support for the Sochi 2014 bid among the Russian public, the government, the ... Details » |
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20/02/2007 13:12
BOULDER, Colo.-(Business Wire)-February 20, 2007 - On Jan. 25, 2007, Sean Swarner, a two-time cancer survivor, successfully reached the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. The 16,067-foot climb marked the sixth summit in Swarner`s quest to become the first two-time cancer ... Details » |
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10/02/2007 10:31
Adventure sports trainer and endurance athlete Noel Hanna has embarked on a 24-month world record challenge - to scale the world`s highest mountains in each continent, followed by the fastest descent to sea level from each peak. Noel (above) from Dromara, Co Down, began the challenge in January ... Details » |
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07/02/2007 12:18
January, 6. Our expedition spent a night in the Canada Camp, 4900 m. It is our first acclimatization outing. Now one member Vladimir Kuznetsov has left expedition, he has a pneumonia. General information: A group of Russian alpinists who have become the latest ambassadors will soon embark on an ... Details » |
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05/02/2007 00:54
Part 4. Trip To The South Pole Following the killings of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and former security services officer Aleksandr Litvinenko, the FSB has also been in dire need of an image makeover. And, like the Kremlin and Gazprom, it too has initiated a public-relations campaign, although its ... Details » |
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12/01/2007 17:17
«12th January - They`re still in Chile but on a 3 hour standby for the flight. There`s been too much wind and / or cloud so far but they`re all raring to go as soon as they get the word.» Dave Pritt, a former teacher at Keswick School (UK), a professional guide who now runs a travel ... Details » |
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10/01/2007 13:58
Elana Meyer (born October 10, 1966) is a former long distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10 000 meters event.Other achievements: World champion in half marathon, 1994. World record in half marathon, 1999. Several good places in the top ... Details » |
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03/01/2007 17:34
Torch to reach Mt. Qomolangma(Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn) Beijing will make a rehearsal this year for next year`s Olympic torch relay at the world`s highest peak of Mount Qomolangma, an official of the Beijing Organizing Committing for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) said in Beijing on Tuesday. Liu ... Details » |
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02/01/2007 16:25
Day 23 – Success! The first ever ascent of Antarctica’s highest peak from sea level Mon 1 January 2006 (Antarctic Time) All four members of the team, Duncan Chessell, Rob North, Peter Weeks and Rob Jackson reached the 4897m summit of Mt Vinson at 4.30pm on 1 January 2007, Antarctic time. ... Details » |
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05/12/2006 09:34
28.11.2006. Martin Letzter (25) and Olof Sundström (26) has summited Mount Vinson in Antarctica and become the first swedish to climb the seven summits. They have also skiied down all of the summits. Just few hours after Davo Karnicar ? 02.12.2006 Twenty-nine year old Fredrik Sträng has ... Details » |
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