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This past weekend I met a great many readers of this blog at the traveler & Adventure Show held at the new Washington, D.C. Convention Center. And I hope to meet a great many more at the Chicago Tribune traveler & Adventure Show the weekend after next, March 20 and 21. I’ll be speaking there from 11:30am to 12:30pm on Saturday, March 20, on the topic: “Traveling Better, Smarter, Cheaper in the Months Ahead;” after which I’ll be signing copies of Ask Arthur Frommer at a bookstore booth adjacent to the convention stage.
The show, sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, will be in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center at 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont, Illinois. Directions for getting there, and for parking, can be had at www.adventureexpo.com, clicking on “Chicago” and then on “General Information.”
It was interesting to talk with readers at last weekend’s Washington, D.C., show, and I […]
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In
a few weeks climbers will trade their warm homes and soft beds for two
months of bitter cold, extreme heat and mind numbing oxygen deprivation
as they seek to stand on the top of the world.
I will be covering this season as I have for the past 8 years as an Everest climber or a observer with daily updates on my site at www.alanarnette.com and regular updates here on Outside Online’s Blog.
After deciding to
climb Everest, climbers must choose their route. There are over 18
named routes on Everest and a couple that are still unclimbed. The vast
majority of climbers use two routes: South Col or the Northeast Ridge
Standard aka North Col route.
Both sides have their pros and
cons. Up until 2007, the trend was for more climbers to choose the
north due to lower costs. But with the Chinese restricting permits over
the past few years, the south side has retained the lead as the
preferred route […]
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