We have added a new display to the cube in the library. Books on mountain climbing and Mount Everest are being showcased due in part to an article in Outside Magazine’s April issue about 13 year old Jordan Romero of California. This May, Jordan will be attempting to become the youngest person to summit Mt. Everest. Not without controversy of course as people ask “How young is too young?” and “Is this expecting too much?”
More information, along with twitter and facebook links, can be found about Jordan at his website http://www.jordanromero.com/
You can also watch the team’s progress, with GPS locations here: http://edn1.esri.com/everest/Default.html
There is another record breaking attempt being made this year by Apa Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer. He will be trying for a record 20th summit. The summit isn’t his only goal as he is leading the Eco Everest Expedition (2010). According to the website Asian-Trekking .com:
“Our focus will be on climbing in an eco-sensitive manner, bringing old garbage, in addition to our own, and all human waste produced on the mountain down to base camp for proper disposal.”
Two years ago the Eco-Everest Expedition climbing crew removed 143 pounds of human waste and more than 2,000 pounds of garbage from above Base Camp. Last year it hauled down 252 pounds of human waste and more than 12,000 pounds of garbage, including the wreckage of an Italian Army helicopter that crashed between Camp 1 and Camp II in 1973. (source: http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2010/04/everest.html )
More information about Apa Sherpa may be found at http://www.apasherpa.com/
You can follow general news about the 2010 climbing season at the following sites: http://www.alanarnette.com/news/ and http://www.everestnews.com/
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