Xexplorers web

November 20, 2004 4:13 PM

X-explorersweb - Articles and information on key figures, events, news and technology in the world of adventure, exploration and science. Read explorer gossip like the guy who climbed Everest 6 times, and beat up his Sherpa wife in Base Camp. List of current polar expeditions. Links to ongoing Ocean explorations. Expedition technology and lots more.
posted by stbalbach (3 comments total)

The "explorer gossip" link was one of the stranger stories I've read recently. Who is that guy? He sounds like an asshole...
posted by rooftop secrets at 3:23 AM on November 21, 2004

Yeah, big mountains take big egos, but that guy's over the cliff. Other Everest dispatches also available here.
posted by geologic time includes now at 12:37 PM on November 21, 2004

Walking up that choss pile doesn't take a big ego, it takes a big wallet and not much else.
posted by alpinist at 5:02 PM on November 21, 2004