Murder At 19,000ft (16 Mar 2008)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »When Chinese soldiers shot and murdered a 17 year old nun near an Himalayan base-camp, only one American guided spoke out; sent an e-mail to the outside world. He was apparently threatened by other mountain guides in the same base ...
Climber did not climb a Mountain (25 Nov 2007)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Apparently, there was shock and horror today (20 Nov 2007) when a mountaineer failed to climb a mountain. Griff Rhys Jones was being castigated for failing to climbed Ben Nevis. Enough media coverage and Mr Jones should turn into a ...
The Mountaineering Council for Scotland (15 Sep 2005)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Apparently (Sept 2005), the so-called Mountaineering Council for Scotland wants all mountain-top 'memorials' removed (Their head office will be burnt down if they touch the Commando's statue at Aracnacarry). This, from an organisation some of who's members, have drilled and ...
Blackshaw to head UIAA – er, maybe not… (3 Apr 2006)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »The UIAA does not know whether it is coming or going... There were mixed feeling today (22 Dec, 2004) when it was announced that a rotund ex-climber / mountaineer is to be the next President of the UIAA. If they ...
Cesare Maestri (UIAGM) Fails on Shisha Pangma (8 Nov 2007)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Cesare Maestri (senior UIAGM guide), the controversial Italian mountaineer, has failed to climb the Himalayan peak, Shisha Pangma (November 2002). Maestri is controversial because he a) claimed to have climbed, made the first ascent of, the Patagonian peak, Cerro Torre ...
Silence From Jagged Globe! (3 Mar 2002)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »So wrote Simon Overton when he started a curious 'thread' on the Rocktalk Forum at 21:46h on Tuesday, the 5 march, 2002: 'I was interested to see that Jagged Globe have still not listed the expedition my mate went on ...
Dirty tricks letter from IGO 8000 (10 Sept 2001)
Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »A 'full page' letter has been published in the September, 2001 issue of High Mountain Sport complaining about the service offered by a none member of IGO 8000, Adventure Extreme. Whilst similar letters, complaining about fatal accidents to IGO 8000 ...