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Peak practice Christopher Hudson is middle aged and happily admits to not taking any regular exercise. So how did he cope with a two-week trekking 'holiday' that took him 10,000ft up Annapurna in the Himalayas?
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WHEN I opened my eyes, I found myself hanging head downwards, with
the rope around my neck and left leg, in a sort of hatchway of blue
ice.
I put out my elbows towards the walls in an attempt to stop the
unbearable pendulum motion, and caught a glimpse of the final slopes
of the couloir beneath me. My breathing steadied, and I blessed the
rope which had withstood the strain of the shock.
Well, no, that's not me, actually.
I'm quoting from Maurice Herzog's stupendous 195...
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Base Camp to pull up slakes? Say it ain't so.
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; As the Army transforms and expects to occupy a smaller footprint in a theater, strategic base camp planning becomes critical. The current fragmented approach to design, construction, and operation needs to be reengineered to exploit information technology and integrate base camp management
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EVEREST CLIMBERS ADJUST TO BASE CAMP
The Manila Times
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Contingency Base Camp Workshop
Engineer
; In early May 2006, the United States Army Engineer School and the United States Military Academy (USMA) cohosted the 3d annual Contingency Base Camp Workshop in St. Louis, Missouri. The workshop was held during ENFORCE week to emphasize the importance of contingency base camps to the engineer
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The Independent on Sunday
; ... Tenzing first stood on the summit. Back then, news travelled at human speed, carried by Sherpa ... batteries that allow us to pass on the news, record the guide's broadcasts and send ... Sherpa and client Arnold Witzig. It's great news, and the tension begins to lift, but we ...
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Fed: Rescued Aussie climber reaches Everest base camp=2
AAP General News (Australia)
; AAP General News (Australia) 05-29-2006 Fed: Rescued Aussie climber reaches Everest base camp=2 Mr Balderstone said Mr Hall would continue to receive ...
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Everest climbers safe at advanced base camp after summiting.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa)
; ... from China to say 'Where are they?' and I kept on saying 'Let's just stick to the facts. As far as I'm concerned, no news is good news', and that turned out to be true, she said. The two men and their Sherpa guides planned to leave advanced base camp ...
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ... and difficulty breathing. It's one of the hazards of high-altitude climbing, and can be fatal. Mike O'Brien did have some good news to share, though. One of our leaders-in-training, Max Kauch, came across a climber from another Everest expedition in the Khumbu ...
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Ferocious winds are howling. Our base camp is destroyed. Will this be my farewell to Everest? Everest Diary: Base Camp
The Independent - London
; THERE WAS a sound like the roar of a fleet of 747 jets overhead as great plumes of snow and vapour flew from the west shoulder of Everest. Ferocious winds whipped down Everest's Western Cwm last night and this morning, demolishing nearly all our Himalayan Kingdoms Expeditions tents and many of
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