A mountaineer and entrepreneur has hit upon the novel scheme of selling apple pies to save the world’s highest peak Mount Everest from becoming the highest garbage dump littered with cans, bottles, tents and other refuse left behind by careless climbers. Mt. Everest. Dawa Steven Sherpa, who first climbed the 8,848-metre peak in 2007, runs the world’s highest bakery – the Base Camp Bakery – from a green tent at the base camp of Mt Everest at a height of 5,330 m. A train... Read Full Story

Cerro Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas 6,962 metres (22,841 ft), and the highest mountain outside Asia. It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza. The summit is located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the international border with Chile. It lies 112 km (70 mi) west by north of the city of Mendoza. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres. It is one of the Seven Summits. A... Read Full Story

Those who know me will no that I have decided to sell most of my Mount Everest related autographs. Why? I want to just concentrate on building up my collection of first edition mountaineering books. Today, Sunday 17th May I have put some great items on Ebay Auctions for sale. Items like a 1972 British Mount Everest Expedition Card signed by ALL members, Chris Bonington, James Roberts, Dave Bathgate, Mick Burke, Nick Estcourt, Dougal Haston, Kelvin Kent, Hamish MacInnes, Doug Scott, Barney Ros... Read Full Story

Happy Independence Day, Happy Birthday America, Happy 4th of July!!! I wish all my American readers a very Happy Independence Day! This is one of my favorite holidays. It’s also one of the most well-traveled, when families hit the road to do things together. The good folks at BabySafeTravel.com have some great tips and ideas for kid friendly travel and road trip safety (wish I had this when mine were little!), so check out the site if you have kids. Please drive safely, enjoy the blessed holi... Read Full Story

MY Favorite book ....Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine.by Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A Johnson, Eric R SimonsonThis is the dramatic inside story of the 1999 expedition to find the bodies and solve the enigma of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who tragically and mysteriously died on Everest on 8th June 1924, in an attempt to reach the peak. What happened to Mallory and Irving the day they set out on their summit bid only to disappear without any evidence of their fate or possib... Read Full Story

MY Favorite book .....My Vertical World: Climbing the 8000-Metre Peaks.By Jerzy Kukuczka, translated by Andrew WielochowskiAugust 1992 edition, Mountaineers Books. Hardcover, 189 p.My Vertical World is Jerzy Kukuczka's autobiography, translated from his native Polish into English. Even translated, the book reads like some heroic Norse saga with Jerzy striding through it like a doomed Odin.In the beginning of the book, Reinhold Messner says of Jerzy, "you are not second, you are great". Grea... Read Full Story

Dla jednych to “zabicie niemożliwego”, dla innych koniec pewnej epoki, dla jeszcze innych niezbędny środek mogący ocalić życie – gorąca dysputa przetoczyła się przez środowisko wspinaczkowe po wbiciu w maju tego roku pierwszych spitów na Mount Evereście. Willie Benegas i Adrian Ballinger, korzystając z wiertarki Hilti nawiercili otwory pod sześć 10cm spitów Mammuta – mocując na nich dwie linie poręczówek (jedną dla ruchu w górę, drugą dla zejścia) na wysokości około 77... Read Full Story

Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure and beauty to enrich our lives. Climber on VinsionThe unspeakable grandness and sublime space of Antarctica is unmatched and will leave you forever with the satisfaction of knowing that you have at least glimpsed the pure, empty soul of our planet. ... Read Full Story

Author of post :  Blake Herrington. Editor’s Note: Blake Herrington is one of few young climbers pushing boundaries in the remote Cascades. Last year he completed a major first on the east ridge of Mt. Goode (read the Mt. Goode´s Megaladon Ridge), on the heels of establishing the four-peak Gunsight traverse (read the Gunsight Range Traverse). Below, Herrington tells of his latest expedition, to the north face of Castle Peak, where he and Peter Hirst accidentally climbed a new route, Fig... Read Full Story

Jul 02, 2009 (K2Climb.net) Ski-runner Christian Stangl plans to speed-climb K2 in less than one day. Iranian climbers have reached Broad’s SW face BC. On GII, climbers are meeting for a joint strategy today and while Karakoram weather was still bad yesterday – forecasts are looking up. K2 Two years ago he climbed Everest north side from ABC to the summit in 16 hours and 42 minutes; now Austrian sky-runner Christian Stangl, 43, hopes to break Benoit’ Chamoux’s 23 hours speed record on K2, Mont... Read Full Story