Mountaineering News July 2008

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TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2008
	Discovery Channel Looking for Adventurers
	If you think you have what it takes to live and thrive in one of nature's most brutal environments, then join the next Alaskan adventure of Discovery Channel. It is the network that brought you "The Alaska Experiment". In the newest series of Discovery Channel, the participants will go on an epic journey through the wild. The challenge - if you dare to accept it - is to join a band of fellow Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 25 JULY 2008
	Mountaineers Try Out New Weston Climbing Wall
	Members of the Avon Mountaineering Club tried out the recently opened climbing wall located at the Grand Pier in Weston, Somerset, UK. The club members were among the first to scale the new 40-foot structure that was built on a mezzanine floor. Avon Mountaineering Club member David Linnett claimed that climbing the newly installed wall was a lot of fun and a good form of exercise. Weston Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY 2008
	One Wild Challenge for Mountaineers
	Twelve mountaineers are set to climb the 14,505-foot Mount Whitney in California this coming August 3 as part of the One Wild Challenge, a fundraising event that will benefit Tulsa Zoo's Nature Exchange program. At the One Wild Challenge, each mountaineer will raise $5,000. With the help from the sponsors, $3,500 will go directly to the Nature Exchange program. The event sponsors include Worl Read Full Story
	Exum Guide Dies in Grand Teton Accident
	Exum Mountain Guides are currently mourning over the death of 58-year old George Gardner, an Exum mountaineering/climbing guide for 17 years who recently passed away after an accident in Grand Teton, Wyoming. According to reports, Gardner, other Exum guides, a group of clients, and young climbers from Wilderness Ventures went to Lower Saddle to scale Grand Teton last Saturday, July 19. After Read Full Story
MONDAY, 14 JULY 2008
	Online Winter Climbing Guidebook to Sierra Nevada
	A new website has been launched for climbers and mountaineers giving details of the winter climbing potential in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain. This free online resource can be found at www.guidebook-sierra-nevada.co.uk. The area is virtually unknown except to local Spanish climbers, and before the launch of the new website, no winter climbing guidebook was in existence, in any language. Read Full Story