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Hi there,

In February I've posted an expedition dedicated to SP members (see the link: http://www.summitpost.org/plans/view_ac ... st_id=8047).
It wants to be an opportunity for the SP members to walk the most challenging route in Romanian Carpathians - ridge line of Fagaras Mountains (known as Transylvanian Alps).
Please feel free to tell me your opinions about this and to ask me any question.
You can find a detailed description ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8613826.stm

A thirteen-year-old is attempting to summit Everest:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 220D49.DTL

Aside from issues about the danger on such a peak, I'm curious about whether anyone knows about the possible effects of hypoxia on young brains. I'd figure that oxygen deprivation might be worse on a developing neural system, but I'm no doc and we're arguing at work about it. Anyone know?

I'm no fan of the nanny state, and ...

http://www.redding.com/news/2010/apr/02/popular-outdoor-write-arrested-weed/

hi all,

got an email thru the a local hiking club concerning our friend PellucidWombat (http://www.summitpost.org/user_page.php?user_id=12893) (Mark Thomas) and Tom Bennett.



Thanks everyone...

but alive!

March 25th Steve House logged some frequent flyer mileage while leading a pitch roughly half way up the Greenwood/Locke (sp?) route on Mount Temple. He was climbing with Bruce Miller. He fell approximately 25 meters, hitting a ledge during the fall. He sustained moderate injuries: broken ribs, collapsed lung, stable fractures of several vertebrae, & his tailbone. He was taken by helicopter off of the mountain shortly after the fall as Bruce was ...

The U.S. Mint will be commemorating the 56 National Parks on quarters, much like they did with the 50 states series. 5 new quarters will be issued each year in the order the parks were created.

Yellowstone:


Yosemite:


Grand Canyon:


Mt. Hood:


And some fountain in Arkansas:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8578576.stm
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0321/iceland.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... acier.html