Mountaineering News May 2011

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TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
	Irish Dies on Everest
	41-year old John Delaney, the managing director of online market prediction company Intrade.com, died on May 20 while attempting to climb Mount Everest. The Irish national was said to have collapsed at about less than 50 metres short of the summit. This was his second attempt to summit the world's highest mountain. Delaney was part of the 18-member team of one US and six Russian climbers, toget Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
	Mount McKinley Claims 2 for the Month
	North America's highest peak had claimed two fatalities in a matter of less than a week. Two climbers fell to their death in Alaska's Mount McKinley, only a few days apart from each other. The first victim, a Swiss national, Beat Niederer, was part of a team together with Jeremiah O'Sullivan, an Irish national who was rescued at 19,500 feet by helicopter. The body of the 38-year old Swiss was Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
	Second Pakistani Summits Mount Everest
	Veteran Mountaineer Hasan Sadpara summitted Mount Everest on May 12. The 48 year old Pakistani followed Nazir Sabir to summit Mount Everest. Sabir summitted Mount Everest in 2000 and became the first Pakistani to hoist Pakistani flag on top of the worlds highest Mountain. Mr. Hassan along with other team members left for the base camp on the 3rd of April and reached the summit on May 12. The e Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
	Mind Over Mountain Adventure Racing on May 28
	Recently voted the "Best Adventure Race in Western Canada" by Get Out There Magazine for the second year in a row, the MOMAR enters its 12th anniversary season with an impressive 31 race history. The MOMAR is an incredible weekend experience that will test one's mental and physical limits. PArticipants will navigate your way through a series of checkpoints on either the 30km Sport Course or on Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
	'Views from the Edge' by Ian Parnell
	Britain’s leading alpinist-photographer, Ian Parnell will be featured in a lecture/film showing on the 26th of May at 8pm. The showing will be held at the Castle Climbing Centre in Stoke Newington, London. The show will feature an exploration of the limits of adventure from the remote Himalaya to the romantic north west of Scotland, coupled with his recollections of climbing with real life h Read Full Story
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