News May 27, 2013
Posted: May 31, 2013 Filed under: Climbing, Cycling, Mountaineering, Paddlesports, Ski Area, Skiing / Snow Boarding | Tags: Alabama, Arapahoe Basin, California, Cycling, Kenai Peninsula, MISSISSIPPI, Mountaineering, Nebraska, Paddlesports, Six Mile Creek, skiing, YMCA Leave a comment »Rundown of weekly news that might be of interest!
Legal
The age that minors become adults.
I am constantly writing about the different legal issues of minors, here you can check on what that means for your state.
The age when a minor becomes an adult is currently 18 in 47 states. Alabama and Nebraska state law says an adult is someone who is 19 or older and Mississippi an adult is 21 or older.
There are exceptions for all the laws on minority in each state. A minor can become an adult if they marry, if they are emancipated or by special statutory exceptions.
Against the law now for kids to not pay attention?
Parents sue because kids were playing. Group of kids on a YMCA outing to a miniature golf course were playing around. One kid hit another in the mouth with a golf club and injured the girl. The parents are suing for inadequate supervision.
How many adults would you have to have to keep kids from playing around? 10 kids, 20 adults? The only result of these suits is kids are not going to be taken care of by adults except their parents.
Commercial whitewater fatality on the Kenai Peninsula‘s Six Mile Creek.
Skiing
Vail just got bigger!
Vail resorts just signed a 50 year lease to run The Canyons in Utah. This will make the Vail Season pretty amazing. Nine resorts (the PR forgot about #A-Basin) will be available to season pass holders in three states: CO, UT and CA.
Is resort a fake? Town is
New 23 lift resort has been approved in #BC Canada. Approval was granted by a town council of a town that does not exist…..
Paddlesports
Rituals v. Habits
Great article about how commercial boatman, sometimes pick up habits that become rituals in the Grand Canyon.
If you can call water flowing between concrete walls on a concrete floor a river……
The Los Angeles River is now open to the public again. Or at least 2.5 miles of it.
Training
Future Career or future disability
Training kids too hard to early does not create great athletic prodigies, only injuries.
#Nike has stopped its support for #LiveStrong.
Mountaineering
Climb meaning sitting in you easy chair with a beer
New iOs App allows you to climb Mtn Everest.
One way to get down
Video of a base jump? Paraglide off Mt. Everest
Overachievers!
Not satisfied to climb Mt #Everest once, David Liano Gonzalez climbed it twice, in the same season, once from the South Side (Nepalese) and once from the North Side (Chinese).
It’s still climbing….right?
Companies are considering putting a ladder on the Hilliary Step on Mt. Everest. There is already a ladder on the North side.
Nepal demanding payment for summit broadcast
There are actually rules for climbing Mt. #Everest. One of those is you cannot #broadcast from sacred areas. The summit is a sacred area. Now Nepal wants paid for a broadcast.
OR Business
Things change
#Nike has stopped its support for #LiveStrong.
OR Life
Animals are amazing
Video of amazing ways that animals defend themselves.
Oh, I’m a survivor
What happens after 400 years under a #glacier and the glacier retreats? Well if you are a #Moss you start to grow again.
This is just so wrong
10 Apps for Enjoying the Great Outdoors
Environment
With Glaciers retreating the mountains are coming down also.
Cycling
Infographic for cycling pre-ride checklist.
Mind the Ride
A bike riding group, Denver Cruisers (http://rec-law.us/17t1bOD) which rides every Wednesday night around downtown Denver has created a bicycle awareness campaign.
The campaign is pretty stark, very good and great for a group just not to promote themselves.
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American Alpine Club CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the 2013 ZACK MARTIN BREAKING BARRIERS GRANT
Posted: March 15, 2013 Filed under: American Alpine Club (AAC) | Tags: #AAC, American Alpine Club, Anatoli Boukreev, Climbing, Mountaineering, Petzl, x, y, z, Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant Leave a comment »
The American Alpine Club is pleased to announce a CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the 2013 ZACK MARTIN BREAKING BARRIERS GRANT. ZMBB grant applications are due, this year, on April 15. Below you will find grant information and the grant application process (at the bottom of the ZMBB Grant page). This year’s award will be between $4,000 and $5,000 dollars.
If you are not going to submit an application, feel free to forward this email to any potential applicants. Also, as we continue to fundraise, please feel free to review past grant status and donate to the Zack Martin Fund.
A special thanks to Black Diamond and Petzl for supporting this grant through special merchandise deals for the recipients.
Regards
“JP” John Parsons
Zack Martin Grant Founder And Committee Chair
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The AAC Grants Webpage
Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant Page
The Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant (ZMBB) is a dual-purpose grant fund. The primary objective is humanitarian and the secondary objective is climbing, alpinism and/or exploration in the natural environment. The grantee must meet both objectives and is strongly encouraged to obtain additional funding. The humanitarian objective must be reasonable, and sustainable. Objectives that continue after implementation will receive the highest level of consideration. Focus the objective to affect the greatest human change. The alpine objective should focus on climbing and/or exploration but need not be at the leading edge of climbing or alpinism.
Zack Martin died just before his 25th birthday on Thanksgiving Day 2002. He was a recipient of AAC grants, the Anatoli Boukreev grant and others. Zack was concerned about the general arrogance and self-serving aspirations of climbers and explorers. He committed that on all future expeditions he would not only climb and explore but more importantly he would perform humanitarian service in the local community. He would “break a barrier” in the alpine environment and “break a barrier” in the heart of man. As Zack often said, “The only barrier holding you back is yourself.”
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Article attempts to describe people dying on Everest as part psychological trap
Posted: June 20, 2012 Filed under: Editorial, Mountaineering, Mt. Everest | Tags: Climbing, Everest, Mount Everest, Mountain Climbing, Mountaineering, Mt Everest, Nepal, South Col Leave a comment »Probably, the article is right; however, the article misses one major issue; a lot of people climbing Everest are there because they can afford it, not because they know what they are doing.
This past 2012 Everest season garnered a lot of press. A month of slow news days put Everest back in the spotlight. When four people died in one
Mount Everest from Kalapatthar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
day, it made everyone’s news radar. This article, Everest’s Psychological Trap: How the tallest mountain warps climbers’ minds attempts to describe how people believe they can get beyond their turnaround time and still survive.
I believe the article is right.
The article describes the phenomenon as a mind trap. There are several different variations to the mind trap, one which the author calls the red lining. Red lining is having a turnaround time, a drop-dead time as I call you. (If you don’t turn around, then, you will drop dead.)
The author then explains that once you pass your turnaround time, there is nothing to stop you or make you think. There are no more deadlines. When you are sleeping and you hit the snooze button, you still have to be at work by 8:00 AM. On Everest once you pass your turn-around time; you still have the rest of your life, which you may be counting in hours rather than in a year.
The problem is that once we go over the red line, there are no more boundaries. Nothing calling you back to the safe side. And in a brutally tough environment like Everest, once Mother Nature’s jaws slam shut, there may be no one to help you.
The article does miss that last sentence which to this day is miss understood by everyone who has not been above tree line and a lot of people on Everest. By help, the only thing that can be done is to yell at you. There is no one above the South Col that can drag you down from there. That can assist you in getting down. It is physically impossible. Once you hit the snow, you are going to lay there until you die or until you regain enough to stand up again and walk back. However, this last thing has only been accomplished by two climbers on Everest that I know about.
One of the four victims supposedly asked for help as her last words. There is no help at 28000’. See ‘Save me’: last words of Mount Everest climber.
I also believe the article applies to people who are attempting to the highest mountain on the Earth the cheapest way possible. A guide can’t save your life once you hit the ground. A guide can tell you to turn around when you hit your time deadline and keep yelling and pulling on you until you do turn around.
If you have the money to hire a better company, you get a better guide to climber ratio. You get someone who by the summit day knows you, understands you a little and can continuously pester you into turning around rather than running off to check on several other people. Someone who can get in your face and turn you around physically and mentally.
Do Something
Climbers who did not hire guides got to Everest by turning around a lot. If you did not learn your body and did not learn to turn around, you did not live long enough to get to Everest. Even so, Everest is littered with bodies of guides and successful mountaineers, who did not understand, chose to ignore or just could only see the summit.
Read the article, it is interesting, whether you are going to Nepal or just watching a Discovery Channel special on Everest.
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Amer Alp Club–Zack Martin Call For Grant Applications 2012
Posted: March 22, 2012 Filed under: Climbing, Mountaineering | Tags: American Alpine Club, Anatoli Boukreev, Climbing, Federal grants in the United States, grant, Mountaineering, Petzl Leave a comment »The American Alpine Club is pleased to announce a CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the 2012 ZACK MARTIN BREAKING BARRIERS GRANT. ZMBB grant applications are due, this year, on April 15. Below you will find grant information and the grant application process (at the bottom of the ZMBB Grant page)
A special thanks to Black Diamond and Petzl for supporting this grant through special merchandise deals for the recipients.
Regards
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“JP” John Parsons
john.p.parsons
720-254-6165 cell
The AAC Grants Webpage
Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant Page
The Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant (ZMBB) is a dual-purpose grant fund. The primary objective is humanitarian and the secondary objective is climbing, alpinism and/or exploration in the natural environment. The grantee must meet both objectives and is strongly encouraged to obtain additional funding. The humanitarian objective must be reasonable, and sustainable. Objectives that continue after implementation will receive the highest level of consideration. Focus the objective to affect the greatest human change. The alpine objective should focus on climbing and/or exploration but need not be at the leading edge of climbing or alpinism.
Zack Martin died just before his 25th birthday on Thanksgiving Day 2002. He was a recipient of AAC grants, the Anatoli Boukreev grant and others. Zack was concerned about the general arrogance and self-serving aspirations of climbers and explorers. He committed that on all future expeditions he would not only climb and explore but more importantly he would perform humanitarian service in the local community. He would “break a barrier” in the alpine environment and “break a barrier” in the heart of man. As Zack often said, “The only barrier holding you back is yourself.”
The American Alpine Club Webpage
The Donate To The Zack Martin Fund
American Alpine Club
c/o Donations—The Zack Martin Grant Fund
710 10th St
Suite 100
Golden, CO 80401
Include on check:
Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Fund
(all funds are tax deductible)
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PR piece with great information on building to climbing a big mountain
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: Mountaineering, Mt. Everest | Tags: Climbing, Everest, IMG, International Mountain Guides, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, Mountains, Nepal, Recreation, Sherpa Leave a comment »
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Start Small (Relatively Speaking) For beginner climbers it’s important to set yourself up for success. Remember you can’t eat an elephant in one bite. We get a lot of “I want to climb Everest….what should I do?” And the answer is always the same: Have you climbed Mt. Rainier? Mt. Baker? Something in the North Cascades? If the answer is no, then we know where we need to start. Unfortunately a lot of folks try to run in crampons before they know how to walk in them. Let’s see if you even like climbing before we get you to the South Col on Everest! Are your knees shot? No excuses…try a trek. Machu Picchu, Everest Base Camp, or even Kilimanjaro! We’ll take care of the weight on your back and the logistics – you just put one foot in front of the other. ________________________________________ |
Ok, I’ve Climbed A Few Things – Now What?
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We hear this a lot: “Last summer I climbed Mt. Rainier and had a blast! The summer before that my wife and I climbed Shuksan and it was super fun. This year we want another challenge – what do you recommend?” This is a great question and one that is fun to answer. Once you’ve got a couple climbs under your belt the world starts opening up. Climbs in Mexico, Ecuador, and Bolivia, or climbs like Mt. Bona, Mt. Whitney, and Chulu Peak, are popular ‘next steps’ after a first or second climb. Many of these programs feature cultural aspects to them, so be sure look at the non-climbing days on the itinerary to see what else you’d enjoy on the program. ________________________________________ |
Bolivia Was Fun, Now Can I Climb Everest?
| Ok, so you’ve climbed a few things and you’ve got you eyes on one of the big guys! It’s important to keep in mind that every mountain is different and can have its own prerequisites. Take Denali for example, success on Rainier in the summer and a high five on the summit of Aconcagua often isn’t enough. A Denali Prep Course on Rainier is needed to get you qualified for Denali. The same goes for Everest, a summit of Rainier and success at altitude in Mexico just doesn’t cut it, whereas going to Cho Oyuto test your lungs at 8000m is often the route of choice for our Everest climbers.The point being, there is no tried and true recipe to the top of the world. Some people just let the cards fall where they may and climb as their vacation, families, and resources allow. Others set long term goals and map out a 5-year plan.
Regardless of what type of climber you are or what your goals may be: if you’re having fun, you’re doing it right. ________________________________________ |
From A Guide’s Perspective: Staying In Shape
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By Jess Culver
Lets face it, it’s hard to stay in shape between seasons. It starts when the Halloween candy comes out, gets even worse come Thanksgiving and hits its peak somewhere between Christmas and New Years. Then, the 1st of the year rolls around and you’re a few pounds guiltier and several pounds heavier. Finding the motivation to shed this weight can be tough. Here are some tips I use between seasons. For me, I know I have to be in good shape when the Rainier season opens, which is probably in the back of a lot of your minds as well. With that in mind, I’ve found that setting small goals between big goals really makes the time go by a lot quicker than the alternative: 4-5 days a week on the hamster wheel. I like to sign up for a few running races in the winter and spring. I’ll start small, maybe a 5k, then work up to a 10k and eventually a half-marathon and then the full 26.2. There are countless programs out there that will set you up for success at these races. They work if you’re honest with yourself and stick to the program. And don’t be intimidated by the people that run these races, they are all smiles and are super supportive to all shapes, sizes and speeds. Trust me, you’ll have a blast. (Read more)
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Medical Minutes by Adventure Medical Kits
Q: What should you do if you find yourself in the mountains without adequate eye protection?
A: Improvise
It is possible to improvise a pair of “sunglasses” that will help protect eyes from ultraviolet light, especially in snow and at elevations above 2500m (8000 feet). Cut small slits in a piece of cardboard (e.g., use one side of a cracker or cereal box) or in a piece of duct tape folded back over onto itself (Fig. 25). The slits should be just wide enough to see through, and no larger than the diameter of the eye. Tape or tie these “sunglasses” around the head to minimize the amount of light hitting the eyes.
If you remember from a previous newsletter snow blindness is a sunburn to the eye that results in a corneal abrasion. It results from exposure to intense ultraviolet radiation at high altitude or while traveling in the snow. At higher elevations, more ultraviolet light is easily reflected off snow. Because signs and symptoms of snow blindness are delayed by about 4 to 6 hours from the time of exposure to the light, victims are unaware that the injury is occurring until it is too late to prevent it. Wearing adequate eye protection (100 percent UV-blocking sunglasses with side protectors) can prevent snow blindness. (read more)
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New American Alpine Club Library Book Club starting in Vermont
Posted: February 19, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: #AAC, AAC Library, American Alpine Club, American Alpine Club Library, Book Club, Books, Libraries, Library, Library and Information Science, Literature, Mountaineering, read Leave a comment »Our focus is to discuss mountaineering literature, new and old, covering the world’s mountains.
Before our first meeting! – Please email me a list of three books you’d like to suggest we read. I’ll collate these suggestions and bring them to the meeting.
First meeting – Wednesday, February 22nd, 7pm, at the Carpenter Carse Library, 69 Ballards Corner, Hinesburg, VT 05461
(Some folks have indicated they may not be able to make this meeting but are still interested in future meetings.)
Agenda/Goals (this first meeting will be organizational in nature, all you need to read is this email!)
Introductions
Who we are
How we became interested in mountain books
What we’ve enjoyed reading
Where we find our books
Do you consider yourself a collector or casual reader?
Etc.
Decide on what to read, perhaps select first three titles
Decide on frequency of meetings (monthly?)
Select next date options (will need to confirm with Library)
(Please send me other thoughts you may have for our agenda. Thanks!)
Library rules – Non-alcoholic drinks are okay.
We should remove our own trash. (Leave no trace!)
The library has just installed a new carpet so they’d like to keep it as clean as possible.
I plan to arrive about 6:45pm to set up tables and chairs.
Feel free to forward this announcement to anyone you think may be interested. I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible!
Cheers, Greg
Personal Press Release
Posted: May 14, 2008 Filed under: Mt. Everest | Tags: Climbing, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, Recreation 3 Comments »As I mentioned in an earlier post, PBS tonight aired Storm Over Everest. I was asked to participate in a panel discussion on the ethics of guided climbing. You can see the panel discussion at Roundtable: The Ethics of Climbing.
Storm Over Everest
Posted: April 17, 2008 Filed under: Mountaineering, Uncategorized | Tags: Altitude, Climbing, David Breashears, Everest, Expeditions, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, Recreation Leave a comment »David Breashears has created a stirring and thought provoking movie in Storm over Everest. I saw the movie last year at the Telluride MountainFilm
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Festival. The premise of the story is people who survived the 1996 Everest storms. David went back and interviewed the survivors, all but one I believe, from the 1996 Everest mess. (I am hesitant to call any wilderness high altitude death a disaster, it is simply what the mountain, weather, time and luck create). The recollections and thoughts about what happened ten years later are thought provoking, scary, exhilarating and very interesting.
For more information about the film see PBS Frontline Storm Over Everest which is scheduled to premiere May 13, 2008.
What struck me though was the attitude of the people ten years later. Some of them are still a little dumb founded they were not rescued by their guides. It is not overt statements by the survivors, but subtle statements that show a little confusion or mystery in the participants mind.
If you are an outfitter or guide, you might want to watch to see how your participants may look at you for their safety.
Either way, the movie answers a lot of questions about that chapter of Everest’s history and is truly worth seeing.
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