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TOP STORY Updated: 12:38 pm CDT Jul 02, 2009

Diving deeper into Gulf of Aden's Cosa Nostra

(TheOceans.net) In the old days, solo sailors would strew thumbtacks on deck at night for a simple pirate alarm.

Wrapping the ship’s rails with barbed wire and razor blades, or having Molotov cocktails ready to throw at the speedboats are other good tactics.

However, leisure and adventure sailors have little to fear from Somali pirates. These guys are not poor fishermen out to get your beer and woman..
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MOUNTEVEREST.NET

Nepali mountaineers to lead their own destiny: Sherpa climbers First Ever Meet held on 21 June in KathmanduJun 26, 2009
(MountEverest.net/Reported by Ang Karma Sherpa) A historic meet of Sherpa climbers was convened at the National Academy Hall in Kathmandu on 21 June 2009 to address the woes and difficulties of Nepal...

Last word on Everest spring 2009 - and early fall kick-off? Indian team switching sides for "technical reasons" and debrief from the North sideJun 26, 2009

ExWeb interview with RussianClimb.com, final: the internet and old vs. new mediaJun 21, 2009

K2 CLIMB.NET

Pakistan wrap-up: Stangl to speed-climb K2, Iranians in Broad's SW face BC, GII joint summit plansJul 2, 2009
(K2Climb.net) Ski-runner Christian Stangl plans to speed-climb K2 in less than one day. Iranian climbers have reached Broad’s SW face BC.

On GII, climbers are meeting for a joint strategy today and...

Pakistan wrap-up: Gerfried eyeing a new route on Nanga, Carlos Soria for GI at 70Jun 30, 2009

Pakistan wrap-up: more climbers for K2 and Afghan tigers en routeJun 30, 2009

PYTHOM.COM - SPACE

Hubble Space Mission Takes Mountaineering Museum’s Bradford Washburn Camera To Shoot Last PhotosMay 11, 2009
(Press release) May 11th 2009 – Golden, CO. Today Astronaut John Grunsfeld will launch one last time into space on a repair mission for the Hubble Telescope.

Along on this mission is an antique cam...

It's that time again! ISDC and Space Investment Summit coming up in Orlando May 27-30May 6, 2009

Cash in on the dream: Space Business Forum coming up in New York on June 4thMay 5, 2009

ADVENTURE STATS.COM

Himalayan/Polar and more statistics

BASECAMP MD.COM

Follow updates from Everest BaseCampMD

THE POLES.COM

ExWeb interview with John Huston, “the Arctic Ocean is the most ‘alive’ force of nature I have ever encountered”Jul 2, 2009
(ThePoles.com) During the 2009 Arctic ski season John Huston and Tyler Fish became the first Americans to ski unsupported, unassisted to the North Pole.

This was John’s second Pole after the South ...

Greenland wrap-up: Riding the winds into a world recordJul 1, 2009

Farewell to young '007' Mark EvisonJun 30, 2009

THE OCEANS.NET

Mars Ocean Odyssey update: 800 days at seaJul 1, 2009
(TheOceans.net) On 1 July Reid Stowe has been 800 days at sea with another 200 to go. He sees his project as a space analogous expedition because the voyage involves the same length of time as a round...

Roz Savage Pacific row: The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone and the Equatorial Counter CurrentJun 30, 2009

Indian Ocean Rowing Race update: Bexhill Trust Challenger wins the Inaugural RaceJun 28, 2009

HUMAN EDGE TECH.COM

HumanEdgeTech Everest special: where is the satellite?Apr 9, 2009
(HumanEdgeTech.com/story edited 10.05pm Apr 12, 2009) In the past year, Thuraya and Inmarsat each launched a new satellite thereby greatly increasing footprint (area covered). ...

HumanEdgeTech heads-up to Himalaya climbers about Thuraya issuesApr 2, 2009

ExWeb interview with expedition tech guru Tom Sjogren, final "we are the kind of animals who thrive on adversity"Feb 12, 2009

ADVENTURE WEATHER.COM

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