Mountaineering News January 2007

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WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2007
	Kashmir, the Ultimate Adventure
	Generally Kashmir is taken as an enchanting and captivating luxury tourist destination where one can enjoy a leisurely holiday in the most wonderful climate surrounded by some of the world’s best scenery. Not many know that Kashmir is also probably the world’s most challenging destination for what is known as the “Adventure Tourism”. One can safely say that Kashmir is the “Ultimate Advent Read Full Story
MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2007
	All-in-One Map Tool for Ski Mountaineering Guides
	Salt Lake City, UT (PRWeb) -- At the annual Backcountry Base Camp, hosted by Outdoor Retailer this year in Salt Lake City, Brooks-Range founder, Matt Brooks, will display the newly-released All-in-One Map Tool, which took the top award for technical design excellence last month in the STC Northern California competition. Brooks conceived the All-in-One Map Tool to help professional ski mount Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2007
	Spanish Mountaineer Dies in Nepal
	A Spanish mountaineer who was scaling the 6812 meter high mountain in Mount Everest in the Himalayas lost his footing and was killed. He was the team leader among seven mountaineers who scaled in the eastern part of Nepal. The mountaineer who was identified by Ganesh Bahadur Neupane, a Nepalese mountaineering official was Guillermo Mateo Yeste. He falls from the altitude of nearly 6300 Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 23 JANUARY 2007
	Mountaineers, Found Completely Covered With Snow
	Bodies of aspiring mountaineers were found at the snow cave in Yoho National Park in the B.C. Rockies. The two who were on a month long backcountry trek in the Rockies were completely covered with snow. Twenty seven year old Claire Dixon of Kamloops and Cornelius (Kees) Brenninkmeyer, 25 of Toronto was found completely covered of snow which was believed to have collapsed while they wer Read Full Story
SUNDAY, 21 JANUARY 2007
	Tourism Emerging as Major Industry in State
	Trainees selected for under going training in Adventure Sports including Skiing and Mountaineering through Jawahar Institute of mountaineering, Pahalgam called on Minister for Tourism Muhammad Dilawar Mir. Interacting with the trainees, Dilwar said that Tourism is emerging as one of the major Industries having plethora of Pilgrim Tourism, Rural Tourism, Eco Tourism, Heritage Tourism and Read Full Story