Mount Everest

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis (50) Buy new: $32.50 $20.59 61 used & new from $16.00 (Visit the Most Wished For in Sports & Outdoors list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young...Read Full Story

Boarded by the Indian Ocean and blessed with a rich diversity of flora and fauna Kenya is an ideal destination to experience the African wild. The country is named after Mount Kenya, Africa’s second highest peak. Kenya is the home to some of the world’s best game reserves where you can catch a glimpse of the ways of the wildlfe in Africa. The coastal city of Mombasa offers the traveller some mesmerizing beaches and is an ideal beach holiday destination. Kenya is increasingly diversifying with...Read Full Story

March 22 nd , 2010 - The Kongma Pass. Should I or shouldn't I? This is the Himalayas and trudging through a snowy pass sans companion is not the best of ideas. As I stood in the village of Chhukung looking up at the trail leading over the ridge and into the unknown I was feeling a bit uneasy. I'd come this far so F it. If things became complicated I'd just turn back. I'd met two groups of two that had just come over the Kongma La the past two consecutive days. Sure they had trouble...Read Full Story

March 28 th , 2010 - Kala Pattar   is  the  place from which to view Mt. Everest. Anybody who is anybody goes there to get their panoramic fix. I am not just anybody. I'm Ploomer. I have a plight. You think I won't, but then again I might. From the Upstate hood, with my homies I'm tight. Intruders from Bulgaria I fight (see a previous post for context). Turn darkness into light. Go fly a kite. Fill my enemies with fright…..sorry I just blinked out of reality momentarily. Must be the altitude...Read Full Story

Everest Large Cotton Canvas Backpack Three exterior zippered pockets Spacious main compartment Compression strap for additional comfort and load control See more>>> Everest Large Capacity Canvas Backpack See more>>> Find More Everest Products Price: $ 0.00 Show more>>> Everest, from Tibet Mount Everest ICE FALL.wmv The best Mount Everest Ice Fall video footage you will see. Shot with a helmet-mounted camera in the perpective of the climber...Read Full Story

Trek to Everest Base Camp and climb Kala Pattar for excellent views of Everest. Visit the Base Camp of beautiful Ama Dablam For nine nights on trek, stay in luxury lodges with excellent facilities, food and service Stay in lodges for four nights above Dingboche Excellent acclimatisation and first rate leaders Stay in Dwarika’s superb heritage hotel in Kathmandu Staying in the same lodges as our two Luxury Lodges treks in the Everest region, this trip goes a few days further (and...Read Full Story

While most people on a custom Kenya safari are there for a chance to spot the “Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – birders are flocking to Kenya’s Lake Nakuru National Park for something a little smaller. The park boasts nearly 500 species of winged wildlife! read moreRead Full Story

Sir George Mallory George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. During the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition, Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine both disappeared somewhere high on the North-East ridge during their attempt to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain. The pair's last known sighting was only a few hundred metres from the summit. Mallory's...Read Full Story

After a few minutes talking with Kathy Kapps you can sense there’s something really unique about her. The tuned in Zen Shiatsu therapist and Marin resident is originally from the motor city of Detroit. She has been traveling back and forth to the Himalayan high mountain kingdom of  Nepal since the early eighties. I happened to have met her up on Hill 88 in the Marin Headlands . She would say, “there is no happenstance.” She recently returned from Nepal, a journey she’s been making now for 7...Read Full Story

Sage – Kenya Tour Packages-Mount Kenya National Park: Mount Kenya Tours & Safaris Packages Good evening. Today, I learned all about Sage – Kenya Tour Packages-Mount Kenya National Park: Mount Kenya Tours & Safaris Packages. Which may be very helpful for me so you. Do you know – Kenya Tour Packages-Mount Kenya National Park: Mount Kenya Tours & Safaris Packages Mt Kenya stands at 5, 199m aerial and is the additional accomplished African mountain. The abundance offers accessible and...Read Full Story