Hiking and Climbing Adventures: May 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Little Lakes Valley Sierra Nevada + Dangerous Roads

Another very picturesque spot in the Range of Light

http://www.summitpost.org/little-lakes-valley/715698

10 of the Worlds most dangerous roads

Karakorum Road

http://www.oddee.com/item_96660.aspx

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Worldwide Climbing News and Trip Reports

These links have been posted under Personal Websites in the General Section of Summitpost and also on Facebook. Images are shown with the links

http://www.baercave.com/ -- baercave -- California -- New Member -- North Face of Pico de Orizaba video

http://www.kentoncool.com/ -- Kenton Cool -- UK -- Summited Everest

http://www.summitpost.org/cave-dweller-5-10-4-pitches/791618
http://dowclimbing.com/ -- Dow Williams -- Utah and Canadian Rockies

http://www.rockandice.com/news/1997-renan-ozturk-and-freddie-wilkinson-qredpointq-tooth-traverse
http://www.thenamelesscreature.com/ -- Freddie Wilkinson -- USA

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=39602
http://www.stephan-siegrist.ch/ -- Stephan Siegrist -- Switzerland

http://hi-adventure.com/ -- dblblack -- Idaho --

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Re: Personal Websites

by seano » Sat May 26, 2012 12:10 am

For those who care but don't know, I'm back on the road for the summer, so posting will resume: http://drdirtbag.wordpress.com/

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Sat May 26, 2012 5:38 pm

For those who care but don't know, I'm back on the road for the summer, so posting will resume: http://drdirtbag.wordpress.com/

Thanks Seano and welcome back

http://sierramountaineering.com/blog -- Kurt Wedberg -- California -- Mt Everest summitday pictures

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.325975410810977.74687.100001955630281&type=1 -- Fabrizio Zangrilli -- Colorado -- now in Alaska
http://fabriziozangrilli.blogspot.com/

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Sun May 27, 2012 12:52 pm

http://www.summitpost.org/this-is-my-america/791856 -- Josh Lewis -- Washington
http://www.joshklewis.com/

http://followtheclimb.blogspot.com/ -- Sophie Denis -- France

http://www.summitpost.org/bacon-peak-spring-conditions/791929 -- Steph Abegg -- Washington
http://www.stephabegg.com/

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Mon May 28, 2012 1:00 pm

http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/an2009/ -- Ryan Waters -- Lhotse summit
http://www.ryanwaters.net/

http://rickkent.net/ -- Rick Kent -- California -- Mt Williamson day hike

http://davesearle.me/ -- Dave Searle -- UK and France -- Good photography in the Alps

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Tue May 29, 2012 4:12 pm

http://calicokat-hiking.blogspot.com/2012/05/clouds-rest-052412.html -- calicokat -- California -- Half Dome

http://www.globalalpine.com/ -- Andrew Wexler -- Canada -- Baffin Island video

http://alanarnette.com/blog/index.php -- Alan Arnette -- Colorado -- More Updates
http://www.facebook.com/#!/alan.arnette
https://picasaweb.google.com/fossana/EButtressOfWhitney#slideshow/5744630737699080226

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Olympic Gold Medal at Top of Everest

Cool Video of 1922 and 1924 climbing photographs on Everest and Kenton's successful climb (#10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18207870

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Skyline Trail - May 26 + Everest Updates

This might be the last week to do Skyline with cooler temperatures before October.
The adventure blog has Mt Everest updates and other interesting adventures

http://www.meetup.com/Hiking-Coachella-Valley/events/65563352/

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Planet Earth - Amazing Nature Scenery Video + Facebk

This awesome video is truly stunning - the mountain and forest scenery is breathtaking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2L2UGZJAM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW8p8JO2hQw&feature=related

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Himalayan and Worldwide Climbing News and T/Rs

300 people climbed Everest in one day and at least six lost their lives. Included are local trip reports and articles from the European Alps

French Alps

Himalayas

High Sierras in California

Mt Everest

Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Sat May 19, 2012 4:54 pm

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/N ... eyid=39571 -- Argentiere Mont Blanc
http://www.david-lama.com/en.html -- David Lama -- Austria
http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Lama/26581708030

http://www.mountainguides.com/everest-south12.shtml -- Kurt Wedberg summited Everest today
http://sierramountaineering.com/blog/?p=1021 -- Kurt's blog
http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com -- Kraig Becker -- Texas -- Himalayan updates

http://www.leannashuttleworth.com/MyBlog/ -- Leanna Shuttleworth -- UK -- Getting ready to summit Everest

http://climbforhope.wordpress.com/2012/ ... y-19-2012/ -- Grant Rawlinson -- New Zealand
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... 0G20120519 -- Japenese woman 73 climbs Everest for the second time

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?so ... mp&lang=en -- Pete Van Deventer team on Denali
http://www.rmiguides.com/blog/ -- Pete Van Deventer and Mike Walter

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Sun May 20, 2012 8:15 pm

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog -- Alan Arnette -- Colorado -- Latest summit updates on Everest (see below)
http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2012/05 ... 0-summits/

http://calicokat-hiking.blogspot.com/ -- calicokat -- California -- Updated on Mt Whitney

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Mon May 21, 2012 3:55 pm

http://www.mountelbrus.blogspot.com -- Cands1305 -- South Africa -- New Member

http://www.adventureconsultants.com/ -- Guy Cotter -- New Zealand -- Himalayan updates

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2012/05 ... 0-summits/ -- Alan Arnette -- Colorado -- 8 confirmed deaths on Everest
http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/20 ... -note.html -- Kraig Becker -- Himalayan updates

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Tue May 22, 2012 4:02 pm

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/N ... eyid=39580 -- Ski video of Mt Grivola
http://www.snowhow.it/blog.htm -- Davide Capozzi -- Italy

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum ... Rainier-TR -- SJellison -- Colorado -- Great pictures and trip report of the Liberty Ridge on Mt Rainier

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Updated Personal Climbing Websites on Summitpost

These websites and blogs are making the news

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http://www.summitpost.org/pizzo-di-dosd/790373 -- andrea.it -- Italy -- Pizzo di Dosde
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16531243@N06/

http://www.alpineexposures.com/blogs/ch ... conditions -- Jonathan Griffith -- UK -- Updated with great photography

http://cys-hiking-adventures.blogspot.c ... -come.html -- Cy K -- Calif
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php? ... 3750783584

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/N ... eyid=39555 -- Grivola NE Face
http://www.snowhow.it/blog.htm -- Davide Capozzi -- Italy

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Thu May 17, 2012 9:16 pm

http://www.peterhamor.sk/ -- Peter Hamor -- Slovakia -- Summits Kangchenjunga
http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/ ... p?id=20844

http://chamconditions.blogspot.com/ -- Charlie Boscoe -- UK -- Updated

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Re: Personal Websites

by Cy Kaicener » Fri May 18, 2012 4:02 pm

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog -- Alan Arnette -- Colorado -- Everest Summits
http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?so ... 2F&lang=en

http://vertical-unlimited.blogspot.com/ -- Gery Unterasinger -- Canada -- Updated with the N Face of Mt Bryce

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