A series of stories and a short video I prepared last month at Everest Base Camp have finally come out. Here is the top to the main story:EVEREST BASE CAMP, Tibet - Wim Hof likes extreme challenges. The Dutchman has... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Mon, May 21 2007
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Donkey Cart to Everest Base Camp »
YouTube video Riding up the hill to Everest Base Camp in Tibet. It was an unbelievably clear and beautiful day. That is the peak of Mount Everest that we are driving toward. Wow. |
| 21 Apr 07 |
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Thin air at Everest Base Camp » Tim Johnson Tibet is really high. I felt the altitude last week on arriving in Lhasa, the capital, at about 11,800 feet above sea level. But that is nothing compared to where I've been over the past few days -- Everest Base... |
| 23 Apr 07 |
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'It's like a dream' » Tim Johnson Climbing Everest: Safer than driving an Italian highway? Those who attempt to climb Mount Everest come in all stripes. It is hard to generalize. But let me tell you about one guy I met at base camp, an avid climber... |
| 24 Apr 07 |
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Mount Everest, cash machine » Tim Johnson A common gripe one hears at base camp is over the cost of access to Mount Everest. The Tibet Mountaineering Association now charges around $5,000 per mountaineer climbing toward the peak. “They are making millions here,” said Werner De Jong,... |
| 28 Apr 07 |
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Olympic flame, or hot potato? » Tim Johnson Off to one side at Everest Base Camp, 150 Chinese mountaineers and soldiers have set up a camp to prepare to take the Olympic torch up Mount Everest and back. This week in Beijing, Games organizers announced the route of... |
| 25 Apr 07 |
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Of monasteries and tea » Tim Johnson I have a new personal highlight for China. On the way back from Everest Base Camp, I stopped for a night in Shigatse in Tibet and visited the Tashilhunpo Monastery there. Maybe it was the wonderful, clear mountain air. Or... |
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