GreatOutdoors.com: inspire, equip, connect and GOCreates a all nodes RSS feedDave Hahn Reflects on his Tenth Everest Summit- June 12, 2008 In a flash I went from being a famous Everest climber to just another guy with a strange tan slobbering on himself in an airplane seat on the long trans Pacific flight. I flew home to New Mexico from Kathmandu this last week while Nicky and Greg Messner did the smart thing and took off to the beaches of Thailand. The IMG 2008 Mount Everest climb is over and done with. We had a few nice dinners together in Kathmandu. I know that I bragged in the last dispatch that we'd go out to the Rum...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/dave-hahn-reflects-on-his-tenth-everest-summit Ed Viesturs Final Baffin Island Dispatch- June 5, 2008 Editor's Note: See the final batch of photos from Ed's Arctic journey. Hi everyone. Just a few final thoughts on our Baffin Island adventure after being back home. Our return journey home was rather uneventful once we were able to leave Pond Inlet. As we flew home John and I discussed what we had done, what we had learned and possible plan for the future. One of the things we wanted from this trip was to find out from the local Inuit what their observations were regarding climate...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/ed-viesturs/0605/ed-viesturs%E2%80%99-final-baffin-island-dis... Everybody Back in Kathmandu, Dave and Nicky To Sign the Rum Doodle Summitters Board Tonight- June 1, 2008 Hey, this is Dave Hahn calling from Kathmandu, the Hotel Tibet. Nicky and Greg Messner made it out of the Khumbu today, they flew from Lukla to Kathmand this morning, so our whole team is out. And we wrapped things up, myself and Justin Merle went to the Ministry of Tourism for our debriefing . . paperwork on our permits, and then the coup de grace was late this afternoon myself and Mark Tucker met with Elizabeth Hawley, the record keeper of Himalayan climbing, big mountain climbing, and we...http://www.greatoutdoors.com/everest-2008/0601/everybody-back-in-kathmandu-dave-and-nicky-... |