December 2002 News, Expedition Coverage and Notes

December Headlines Archive 

12/02 International 2002 Muztag Ata Expedition trip report

12/02 Binoculars: On a clear day you can see... anything

12/02 Winter Gear Prep

12/02 Bernard Voyer: Vinson 2001

12/02 Comparison Charts

12/02 Heart Rate Monitors: And the Beat Goes On

12/02 EverestHistory.com

12/02 From the past: No oxygen bottles left at Camp 4 of Everest

12/02 This rope was found wrapped around Mallory’s body! Who cut it ?

12/02 Swiss Shishapangma/Cho Oyu Autumn This is a large must see trip report/picture show; 25 pictures/pages in all; Enjoy !

12/02 Ski Boots: Getting a Kick Start to the Slopes

12/02 Everest Speakers Updated

12/02 The Ashraf Aman Q&A, the 9th person to Summit K2. A great Q&A!

12/03 Fabulous series to celebrate Bernard Voyer’s achievements

12/03 Fund has been set up in the memory of RD Caughron

12/03 Compare when shopping

12/03 Capturing the Moment

12/03 Pete Athans

12/03 Essential Gear Checklist

12/03 Everest Speakers Updated

12/03 Backcountry Footwear: Buying the right hiking boot

12/03 Ben Saunders

12/03 Patagonia: The Next 100 Years

12/03 What, Me Climb?

12/03 Snowboard Packages in time for Christmas !

12/03 Trekking poles: Let your arms do some of the work.

12/03 Annapurna Autumn 2002

12/03 Shelter from the Storm

12/03 Alan Hinkes Annapurna 2002

12/03 RD Caughron, the pictures from Makalu 2002

12/03 Book: Everest: A Mountaineering History'  by Walt Unsworth

12/03 Global Position Systems

12/03 Take it Easy, Take a Hike

12/03 American Manaslu Expedition "Seeking the Spirit"

12/03 Makalu 2002

12/03 Using Non-Mechanical Ascension 

12/04 Pakistan Peak Royalty for year 2003

12/04 Winter Summits in Nepal: Alberto Inurrategui...

12/04 Boot Fitting Guide

12/04 K2: Some background and History

12/04 Travel Packs: No porters needed.

12/04 Nanga Parbat: Some background and History

12/04 Lesson Plans

12/04 Join Our EverestNews.com Mailing List

12/04 Autumn 2002 Japanese Summit Lhotse!

12/04 New Dhaulagiri Photo Gallery

12/04 Khoo Swee Chiow

12/04 Medical Tips

12/04 Jason Edwards

12/04 First-Aid: Safety in the woods.

12/04 Top 10 Things to Tell a Beginner 

12/04 Autumn 2002 Dhaulagiri

12/04 Everest Speakers

12/04 EverestHistory.com: Firsts (more added)

12/04 Harnesses: Adult

12/04 Gary Guller Q&A

12/05 K2 Winter 2002/2003 team updates and more

12/05 Galen and Barbara Rowell deaths updated

12/05 Layering: The secret to outdoor comfort

12/05 Autumn Everest 2002

12/05 Ama Dablam Autumn 2002 Picture Show!

12/05 Winter Camping Survival

12/05 Wilderness Medical Training

12/05 Rock Climbing Protection: Active

12/05 Spring 2002: Exhibition of Photographs from Kangchenjunga: Prague, Czech Republic

12/05 Ropes: The Climber's Insurance Policy

12/05 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/05 Everest Speakers

12/05 Shell Pants: Women's

12/05 A Sense of Adventure

12/05 EverestHistory.com: 1900-1925

12/05 Grays on Trays

12/05 Get Your Gear In Gear

12/05 Ginette Harrison; one of the best ever

12/05 Everest 2002 by EverestNews.com

12/05 Lesson Plans

12/05 Tying Knots 

12/05 Packs for Summer Ventures

12/06 Wings Over Everest

12/06 Grigory Zarkov and Igor Ushakov Summited Denali both as paraplegics

12/06 Eric Simonson

12/06 Autumn Cho Oyu 2002

12/06 Lesson Plans

12/06 Gheorghe (aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002

12/06 Nanga Parbat 2002 Expeditions and News

12/06 Patagonia: The Next 100 Years

12/06 EverestNews.com Good Causes (Funds) for 2002

12/06 Low-Altitude Training for High-Altitude Climbing 

12/06 Dhaulagiri Expedition and News Index

12/06 Piotr Pustelnik

12/06 Grays on Trays

12/06 Harnesses: Hang out in comfort

12/06 Shoes: Get a Grip

12/06 Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Annapurna 2002 !!!

12/06 Kangchenjunga Maps

12/07 Park Young Seok (Korean)

12/07 The Quest for all 14 8000 Meter Peaks Summits (The True Highest Summit!) Updated!

12/07 Getting Down Without a Rappelling Device

12/07 Greenland 2002

12/07 Shell Jackets: Kid's

12/07 Pictures from the Kangchenjunga 2002 Kazakhstan Expedition

12/07 Harnesses: Hang out in comfort

12/07 Czechs Summit SUMMIT Shishapangma

12/07 Year-wise detail of Pakistan mountaineering expeditions 2002

12/07 Francois Langlois: Everest Summitter Q&A

12/07 John Waechter

12/07 Lumbar/ Fanny Packs

12/07 Stories Off the Wall

12/07 Everest 2002: Mexican Summit Pictures!

12/07 Pictures from Makalu 2002

12/07 Join Our EverestNews.com Mailing List

12/07 Daypacks

12/07 Lesson Plans

12/07 Great Gear Gifts

12/07 Lhotse 2002 Expeditions and News Index

12/07 Getting Down Without a Rappelling Device 

12/07 EverestHistory.com: Claire Bernier-Roche

12/07 Making Your Own Harness 

12/09 A new Everest and Lhotse Expedition 2003

12/09 Indian controlled part of Kashmir opening again

12/09 Sprayskirts: Cockpit Fashion Statement

12/09 Kangchenjunga 2002 Czech Expedition Picture show

12/09 Kangchenjunga 2003

12/09 The Art of Layering

12/09 Greenland 2002: more wonderful pictures

12/09 Susan Ershler

12/09 Swiss Shishapangma/Cho Oyu Autumn

12/09 National Trails Day

12/09 American Manaslu Expedition "Seeking the Spirit"

12/09 Start Easy, Go Wild!

12/09 Everest 2002: Everest 2002 Dispatches

12/09 Shishapangma 2002

12/09 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/09 Everest Speakers  Update

12/09 No Pain...No Pain

12/09 Knives and Tools: Just in case

12/10 Chinese 8000 meter team to try Makalu in 2003

12/10 Tengi Ragi Tau

12/10 Jim Whittaker Signed Prints and posters

12/10 Wanted Sherpa Summiters Pictures for our Sherpas of Everest Series, please submit your pictures of your favorite Sherpas climbers to mail2006@everestnews.com

12/10 The Sherpas of Everest Series: Apa Sherpa: A Little Great Man

12/10 Heart Rate Monitors: And the Beat Goes On

12/10 American Billy Pierson, K2 Summiter Q&A 

12/10 Autumn Shishapangma 2002

12/10 Outerwear: What the experts pick.

12/10 Yamanoi & Kurtyka Opened New Route in Karakoram

12/10 Sergio Martini

12/10 EverestHistory.com: Wanda Rutkiewicz Just the best woman climber ever

12/10 A Dark and Stormy Ascent 

12/10 EverestHistory.com

12/10 Pakistan 2002 Expedition and News

12/10 Kangchenjunga Expeditions and News

12/10 10 Ways to Beat Burn-out

12/10 EverestHistory.com: Miss Helga Hengge

12/10 Trekking poles: Let your arms do some

12/10 Comparison Charts

12/10 Andres Delgado

12/11 Park Young Seok Updated Pictures

12/11 KARING FOR KIDS-NEPAL (KFK-Nepal)  Updated

12/11 Autumn Shishapangma 2002: Success by the Czech expedition

12/11 Michael O'Donnell

12/11 Dressing for Excess

12/11 SkiEverest.com

12/11 Belay Devices: Simple meets smooth

12/11 Ginette Harrison; one of the best ever

12/11 A Noncamper Conquers Canyonlands

12/11 Sunburn-free Climbing

12/11 Manaslu 2002 Andrew Lock

12/11 Avalanche Probes

12/11 Kangchenjunga History

12/11 Fifth Avenue or Fifth Class

12/11 Everest Speakers

12/11 The Ignored Mid-Section 

12/11 Patagonia: The Next 100 Years

12/11 Kangchenjunga Maps

12/11 Tents: 4 Season

12/11 Makalu Expeditions and News Index

12/12 Daniel Mazur future plans and more

12/12 Susan Ershler's Q&A with questions from the readers of EverestNews.com

12/12 Belay Devices: Simple meets smooth

12/12 Chogori aka K2 2002

12/12 Ginette Harrison; one of the best ever

12/12 A Noncamper Conquers Canyonlands

12/12 Sunburn-free Climbing

12/12 Manaslu 2002 Andrew Lock

12/12 Avalanche Probes

12/12 Kangchenjunga History

12/12 Fifth Avenue or Fifth Class

12/12 Everest Speakers

12/12 The Ignored Mid-Section 

12/12 Patagonia: The Next 100 Years

12/12 Kangchenjunga Maps

12/12 Tents: 4 Season

12/12 The Second Death of George Mallory

12/12 Makalu Expeditions and News Index

12/13 Eric Alexander and Erik Weihenmayer Mount Cook in New Zealand

12/13 Everest 2003: Team Everest 2003

12/13 Seven Summit Updated

12/13 K2: Some background and History

12/13 Everest Speakers

12/13 Autumn Shishapangma 2002

12/13 Autumn Everest 2002

12/13 Spring 2002: Exhibition of Photographs from Kangchenjunga: Prague, Czech Republic

12/13 Everest Speakers

12/13 Of Friends and Romans: An Ascent of Everest, by Daniel Mazur

12/14 Gov. Perry Announces Texans with Disabilities to Climb Mt. Everest; Team Everest '03 Receives Permit for Historic Journey

12/14 Eric Alexander and Erik Weihenmayer Mount Cook in New Zealand: Feeling Sheepish

12/14 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/14 Everest 2002 by EverestNews.com

12/14 Mt. Spantik Expedition and History

12/14 EverestHistory.com: 1925-1950

12/14 Kangchenjunga 2003

12/14 A very special report: Everest West Ridge and Traverse

12/14 EverestHistory.com: Hugo Rodriguez Barroso

12/14 Lesson Plans

12/14 Book: TOUCHING MY FATHER’S SOUL

12/16 EverestNews.com Good Causes (Funds) for 2003

12/16 PROSTATE CANCER CLIMB TURNS TO HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA

12/16 Autumn Shishapangma 2002

12/16 Susan Ershler

12/16 Join Our EverestNews.com Mailing List

12/16 Terzyul Vladislav

12/16 Frits Vrijlandt Q&A

12/16 2002 Spring Everest Expeditions

12/16 Book: The Sequel to Ghosts of Everest 

12/16 EverestHistory.com: Katja Staartjes

12/16 Japan Chogolisa Expedition 2002

12/16 Kangchenjunga 2002 Czech Expedition

12/16 Manaslu 2002 Expeditions and News Index

12/16 Andrew Lock Reports right here !

12/16 EverestHistory.com: 1925-1950

12/16 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/17 Eric Alexander and Erik Weihenmayer Mount Cook in New Zealand

12/17 The NEW ! Everest Photo Gallery...

12/17 First ascent of Lhotse Middle report with pictures words cannot describe.....

12/17 GREENLAND 2002 - Pictures: Check them out!

12/17 Everest Speakers

12/17 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/17 Krzysztof Wielicki

12/17 Kangchenjunga History

12/17 Alan Hinkes Annapurna 2002

12/17 Autumn Everest 2002

12/17 EverestHistory.com: Lene Gammelgaard

12/17 EverestHistory.com: The Youngest to Summit Everest is ... 

12/17 Nasuh Mahruki

12/17 Mikel Alvarez

12/17 Manaslu 2002: American Expedition "Seeking the Spirit"

12/17 Book: Lou Whittaker : Memoirs of a Mountain Guide

12/18 New Book: Chris Bonington's Everest

12/18 Annapurna Autumn 2002

12/18 Dan Mazur: Ama Dablam Autumn 2002

12/18 Photos from the Mountain-Link Dhaulagiri 2002 Expedition

12/18 The classified ads continue to grow in number, check them out !

12/18 Project “Diabetes-8000”: The first stage: The ascent of Mt. McKinley

12/18 Andres Delgado

12/18 Everest Teams 2002

12/18 Everest 2002: The Summit, the 2nd Step (two), and more pictures (wonderful pictures!) from the Koreans

12/18 Book Life and Death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering

12/18 Eric Alexander

12/18 Pakistan 2002 Teams

12/18 Did you miss? SAYRE EXPEDITION CELEBRATES 40th REUNION (1962 Sayre expedition to  the North Face of Everest)

12/18 Shishapangma True (Main) Summit: The Picture

12/18 Ever wonder why few ever climb from the Central Summit to the Main Summit of Shishapangma, here is why..

12/19 Daniel Mazur plans updated again...

12/19 Graham Hoyland's next Project: Seven Seas, Seven Summits

12/19 Dariusz Zaluski

12/19 Shishapangma Expeditions and News Index

12/19 Swiss Shishapangma/Cho Oyu Autumn 2001

12/19 Broad Peak 2002 Expeditions

12/19 Everest 2002: Pictures of the Geneva – Everest 1952 – 2002" Team, new and Old !!

12/19 Matt Dickinson Q&A

12/19 Spring 2002: Exhibition of Photographs from Kangchenjunga: Prague, Czech Republic

12/19 Everest Speakers

12/19 Book: TOUCHING MY FATHER’S SOUL

12/19 Of Friends and Romans: An Ascent of Everest, by Daniel Mazur

12/19 The Susan Ershler's Q&A with questions from the readers of EverestNews.com

12/19 Kangchenjunga Maps

12/20 The best of 2002: climb, climber, Book, etc

12/20 Obituary of Goran Kropp Updated, also his old page and his Q&A

12/20 "The man who skied down Everest" is back !!!

12/20 The Ashraf Aman Q&A, the 9th person to Summit K2

12/20 Everest Expeditions: EverestNews.com Spring 2002

12/20 Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Annapurna 2002 !!!

12/20 Have you seen the Classified Ads recently?

12/20 Dan Mazur's Kangchenjunga Spring 2002

12/20 EverestHistory.com

12/20 Greenland 2002

12/20 The New Cho Oyu Photo Gallery

12/20 Eric Alexander

12/20 Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Annapurna 2002

12/20 Lesson Plans for Students and teachers

12/20 EverestHistory.com: Hugo Rodriguez Barroso

12/21 Jeff Justman

12/21 Greenland 2002

12/21 Jim Whittaker Joins...

12/21 The best of 2002: climb, climber, Book, etc

12/21 Autumn Cho Oyu 2002

12/21 Seven Summits

12/21 Susan Ershler

12/21 Goncalo Velez

12/21 Kangchenjunga 2002

12/21 Gavin Bate Everest 2002

12/21 Everest 2002

12/21 EverestHistory.com: ELSA ÁVILA BELLO aka Elsa Carsolio

12/21 Manaslu 2002 Expeditions and News Index

12/21 EverestHistory.com: Routes

12/21 American Sean Swarner takes on Everest: A Cancer's Survivors Journey to the World's highest Summit !!!

12/21 Everest 2002: The Summit, the 2nd Step (two), and more pictures (wonderful pictures!) from the Koreans

12/21 Willie Benegas

12/21 Tap Richards Q&A

12/21 Gheorghe (aka George) Dijmarescu: Everest 2002

12/23 Eric Alexander and Erik Weihenmayer Mount Cook in New Zealand

12/23 More photos Annapurna Autumn 2002

12/23 Pictures from the Hungarian Everest 2001 Expedition

12/23 Everest Speakers Updated

12/23 From the past: Broad Peak 2001 - The Uncertainty Continues:  

12/23 Krzysztof Wielicki Profile Updated

12/23 Kilimanjaro

12/23 Ed Douglas

12/23 Denali Expedition and News Index

12/23 Vinson Expedition and News Index

12/23 Everest Kangshung Face: More Pictures

12/23 Lesson Plans

12/23 Everest 2002

12/23 Everest 2002: Adventure Consultants 

12/24 Death at Everest again, more sad news...

12/24 Winter K2 coming soon...

12/24 List of new Trekking Peaks that has been given to NMA (Nepal Mountaineering Association)...

12/24 Everest 2002: Pemba Doma Sherpa