Mountaineering News March 2008

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SUNDAY, 30 MARCH 2008
	Mountaineers Gear Up for Series of Expeditions
	After the controversial closure of the Mount Everest, climbing permits are now being handed out again! Climbers are packing up for the series of expeditions that will happen this month. Mountaineer Carlos Pauner will attempt Dhaulagiri after teaming up with Javier Perez and Marta Alexandre and sharing permit with Gerlinde. Afterwards, he looks forward to join the Chinese team in conquering t Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 28 MARCH 2008
	Climbing Film Makes it to Paddling Film Festival
	Amateur filmmaker Isaiah Walters sent his entry to the 2008 Reel Paddling Film Festival. Dubbed as the “New Horizons the Uncharted Territory", the Owen Sound filmmaker’s creation will be shown along with six award-winning paddling films at The Roxy in Owen Sound. This is also his first entry in the said festival. “It’s actually a climbing film,” Walters clarifies in a statement. He and Austria Read Full Story
	Skier Poised to Win Ski Mountaineering Cup
	It will no longer be a surprise if Whistler’s Melanie Bernier takes home the women’s overall Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Cup in the upcoming Whistler Backcountry Freeride Jam at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival. After all, the female enthusiast has already proven herself worthy of the title. Bernier was part of a six-member Canadian Ski Mountaineering team that took place in the Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 27 MARCH 2008
	João Garcia Sets Off to Conquer Mt. Makalu
	Portuguese mountaineer João Garcia left last Tuesday, March 25, on yet another high-altitude expedition as part of his “Conquering the Peaks of the World” project, supported by Portugal’s largest listed bank, Millennium bcp. This time the goal is Mount Makalu. At 8,463 meters, it’s the fifth highest mountain in the world, located just 22 kilometers east of Mt. Everest on the China-Nepal Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH 2008
	French Speed Flyer Makes Descent of Aconcagua
	French rider François Bon made a speed-flying descent of the south face of Aconcagua, one of the world’s great mountain walls. Bon reached the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere under an early-winter condition. He descended the 9,000-foot south face in four minutes and 50 seconds and topped the 22, 841-foot Aconcagua. Having been accomplished a descent of the Eiger by the west a Read Full Story