A great video previews Todd Carmichael’s November 2008 attempt alone over the “cruelest territory on the planet”.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Expedition Earth Mission 2008 The South Pole - blog
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Entries from May 2008
solo speed record trek to the South Pole
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: video · health & safety · arctic
hike while working on your computer - Walkstation
May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Perfect for the hiking blogger.
… It’s a stand-up desk integrated into a treadmill. …
I tried it and it’s not as awkward as you might think. You have to get the speed on the treadmill just right, so you can walk without thinking, but once you do it is actually possible to read and type […]
Tags: humour
Nepal popular again with hikers
May 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Despite the turmoil and controversies of the Olympic Torch being carried up Everest, it’s been a relatively “good” year for successful climbs from the Nepal side. And comparatively few deaths.
I have no interest in climbing the world’s highest peak myself. But hiking in Nepal is back in full swing.
The peace accord signed by […]
Tags: alpine · health & safety
Aussie hiker dies on the Kokoda Track
May 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A 32-year-old Perth trekker has died from a suspected heart attack, soon after setting out on the gruelling Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.
The Kokoda Spirit trekking company says Shane Green died last Sunday, during the steep ascent to the Deniki campsite, several hours south from Kokoda.
It says the young man just keeled over, and […]
Tags: health & safety · jungle
pine beetle infestation
May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A mountain pine beetle infestation has already killed off billions of trees in British Columbia, Canada.
The mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia is coming to a close, but only because the pests are running out of food, a forestry representative says.
The latest figures from the B.C. government and the Council of Forest Industries estimate […]
Tags: uncategorized
cougar fights grizzly
May 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
No cougar would take on a full-size Grizzly. …
Right, a Moma cougar would.
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why has the besthike blog been down?
May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In Wordpress, the best platform for blogging, I feel … one of my settings had somehow been changed from this:
OPTIONS > Miscellaneous > Store uploads in this folder: wp-content/uploads/image.png
To this incorrect setting …
Miscellaneous > Store uploads in this folder:/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../tmp/image.png
Settings → Miscellaneous - Wordpress documentation
I only mention this on the blog because it may be […]
Tags: blogs
