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Geologist and climber reveals new truths on highest peaks

May 1, 20211567 Views

Releases memoir timed for 100th anniversary of first Mt. Everest expedition Timed for the 100th anniversary since the first climbers ascended Mount Everest comes the new real-life adventure memoir, The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again by Jim Davidson, a critically-acclaimed mountain climber and environmental geologist who was on the mountain’s Camp One in 2015 when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake slammed into the Himalayas—killing 18 people on the mountain and nearly 9,000 others across Nepal and in neighboring countries. According to Davidson, The Next Everest reveals controversial and never-before-shared facts, including: • Future Earthquake Risk: Davidson’s geologic background and in-person evaluation of the earthquake ...

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Spanish mountaineer, 81, trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19

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November 12, 2020462 Views

At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world’s highest peaks, a challenge he will dedicate to elderly victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. “To all those who have disappeared because of this terrible pandemic, this terrible crisis, I want as an elderly person to dedicate it to them,” Soria said outside his home in the Sierra Guadarrama mountains, north of Madrid. Carlos Soria, 81-year-old Spanish mountain climber trains to climb in the Himalaya mountains next spring as a tribute to the elderly affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amidst its outbreak, in Moralzarzal, Spain, November 11, 2020. Picture taken November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina Travel restrictions permitting, Soria hopes to go to Nepal in the spring to take on the 8...