New rules ban solo climbers from trying to scale Mount Everest
Nepal has changed the rules for climbing the world’s most mythical and challenging mountain for safety reasons.
Nepal has changed the rules for climbing the world’s most mythical and challenging mountain for safety reasons.
Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the “highest party on earth” at Everest base camp on Tuesday, playing to around 100 climbers — all in full mountain gear.
While the rest of the country were probably in bed nursing their noche buena bellies, I found myself en route to Batangas province on a blue-sky Christmas morning.
Not many may have heard of Mt. Tagpew and Mt. Oten, but that works just fine for outdoor enthusiast Rainiel Lee. Except for an occasional post or two in social networking sites, these two peaks have not quite made it to local guidebooks—yet.
While the origin of this well known adage is dubious, the message can be clearly interpreted. It implores you to respect nature and in return, you and future generations will be rewarded with interminable natural treasures of the earth. The quote is quite simple to think of but why do some ignore its significance?
You don’t have to be a hard-core mountaineer to climb mountains. Take it from Mike Abanes, who has been guiding people up mountains for 17 years now. Abanes, a member of Outdoor Addicts who discovered his passion for mountaineering in 1992, has climbed so many mountains here and abroad that he has “lost count.”
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