tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-372958 2011-11-30T14:12:13-07:00 Words about Mount Everest, mountains, and motivation from professional speaker, climber, and photographer Jake Norton. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20162fd24ca5f970d 2011-11-30T14:12:13-07:00 2011-11-30T14:12:13-07:00 Jake Norton Tomorrow's a big day - December 1. First and foremost, it's my amazing wife's (and Challenge21 co-founder) birthday. Wende will turn 37 tomorrow, and in the 14 years I've known her, she's been a continuing source of inspiration for me....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=oypPBxSDDiM:OrFWKhslWWM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=oypPBxSDDiM:OrFWKhslWWM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=oypPBxSDDiM:OrFWKhslWWM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=oypPBxSDDiM:OrFWKhslWWM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=oypPBxSDDiM:OrFWKhslWWM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/11/challenge21-announces-21-days-of-givingand-winning.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20162fc4163e7970d 2011-11-09T13:17:20-07:00 2011-11-09T13:17:20-07:00 Jake Norton Elizabeth Hawley, the amazing, tireless, grande dame of all things Himalayan mountaineering, turns 88 today. A remarkable woman, Hawley has tracked down climbers and documented every significant Himalayan climb for the past fifty years. From Hillary to Messner, Kukuczka to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nOI1f9GTIjk:rrkMkhzpY74:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nOI1f9GTIjk:rrkMkhzpY74:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=nOI1f9GTIjk:rrkMkhzpY74:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nOI1f9GTIjk:rrkMkhzpY74:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nOI1f9GTIjk:rrkMkhzpY74:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/11/happy-birthday-elizabeth-hawley.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2015435f73c0e970c 2011-10-07T09:48:20-06:00 2011-10-07T09:48:20-06:00 Jake Norton In 2001, high on Everest, I scoured through the tattered remains of the 1933 expedition's Camp VI in the Yellow Band. I had discovered it, thanks to a discarded porter's pack frame, in 1999, and was eager to see what...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=40Ig6BCBHt0:vcujiHFbpPI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=40Ig6BCBHt0:vcujiHFbpPI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=40Ig6BCBHt0:vcujiHFbpPI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=40Ig6BCBHt0:vcujiHFbpPI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=40Ig6BCBHt0:vcujiHFbpPI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/10/shackletons-biscuits-a-case-for-not-eating-artifacts-on-mount-everest.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2014e8bfe3664970d 2011-10-03T10:19:16-06:00 2011-10-03T10:19:16-06:00 Jake Norton Edward Norton - no not my father, although his name is Edward Norton, too, and, also not Teddy Norton of Everest 1924 fame, although he, too, was Edward Norton - the amazing actor and even-more amazing social entrepreneur with his...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=csBbZEdf-qU:OIHBWNqVO9k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=csBbZEdf-qU:OIHBWNqVO9k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=csBbZEdf-qU:OIHBWNqVO9k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=csBbZEdf-qU:OIHBWNqVO9k:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=csBbZEdf-qU:OIHBWNqVO9k:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/10/edward-nortons-donate-to-drink-video-features-jake-nortons-images.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2015435cf1462970c 2011-09-30T16:25:05-06:00 2011-09-30T16:25:05-06:00 Jake Norton I finally wrote up my reflections on the Rwenzori Expedition. Stop on over at the Challenge21 blog if you're interested in my take on the trip, what really matters to me in climbing, and why this was the first expedition...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=lyxAOSpAdk4:71JmxwlYVHM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=lyxAOSpAdk4:71JmxwlYVHM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=lyxAOSpAdk4:71JmxwlYVHM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=lyxAOSpAdk4:71JmxwlYVHM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=lyxAOSpAdk4:71JmxwlYVHM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/09/my-rwenzori-reflections-what-really-matters.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e2015391ba8212970b 2011-09-19T12:32:50-06:00 2011-09-19T12:32:50-06:00 Jake Norton A massive, magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked the far eastern region of Nepal yesterday, along its border with the Indian state of Sikkim. Reports from this remote region are scarce, and the death toll stands currently at "only" 69, but that...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=thWvFkDRgDw:8gFrRWid7SA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=thWvFkDRgDw:8gFrRWid7SA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=thWvFkDRgDw:8gFrRWid7SA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=thWvFkDRgDw:8gFrRWid7SA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=thWvFkDRgDw:8gFrRWid7SA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/09/magnitude-69-earthquake-rocks-nepalwhen-is-the-next-one.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452942669e20154356ca697970c 2011-09-14T10:09:56-06:00 2011-09-14T10:09:56-06:00 Jake Norton There are a few names that are synonymous with historic, legendary alpinism: Messner, Kukuczka, Buhl, etc. And, sadly, one of the early legends, Walter Bonatti, passed away at age 81 yesterday in Rome, Italy. His climbing resume includes some of...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nC3uTkN97Aw:GznXTSDFIus:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nC3uTkN97Aw:GznXTSDFIus:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?i=nC3uTkN97Aw:GznXTSDFIus:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nC3uTkN97Aw:GznXTSDFIus:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?a=nC3uTkN97Aw:GznXTSDFIus:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheMountainworldBlog?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://blog.mountainworldproductions.com/2011/09/in-memoriam-walter-bonatti-1930-2011.html