Mount Everest: The New Hot Place to get your Cryptocurrency With all the cool news out of Everest lately, here’s a really strange one. It’s not uncommon at all for people to leave small mementos at the summit of Everest. Last week though, a group of Ukrainian climbers buried $50,000 in cryptocurrency at the top of the world, as if climbing Everest wasn’t expensive enough already. Climbers Taras Pozdnii, Dmytro Semerenko, Roman […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 24, 2018 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
NOAA Report: The Last 400 Months In a Row on Earth Have Been Warmer Than Average If you somehow think climate change is a hoax, here’s some more science to chew on. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its global climate report for the month of April, which was the third warmest April since records started in 1880. A separate report from NASA came to the same conclusion. More importantly, it marks the 400th consecutive […] Weather Mike Lavery | May 24, 2018 5 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Missing Miramonte Reservoir Kayaker Presumed Dead Sad news from this past week out of western Colorado. A fisherman who went missing on Miramonte Reservoir a week ago is being presumed dead. His kayak was found capsized the evening of Wednesday May 16th by a fellow boater, and a week later he has yet to be found. The kayakers name has not been officially released, but sources close […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | May 23, 2018 5 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
South Lake Tahoe Spring Cleanup Collects 2,500 Pounds of Trash The third annual Spring Cleanup event in South Tahoe again has the place looking a whole lot cleaner. Volunteers picked up 2,465 pounds of trash in three hours at 19 different locations on Tahoe’s southern shore. Nice work all! The event was put on and sponsored by the Clean Tahoe Program, the city of South Lake Tahoe, and by Harrah’s […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | May 22, 2018 31 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Aussie Steve Plain Climbs the Seven Summits in only 117 days. A New Record. News from the world of climbing just keeps flowing in! Earlier in the week, before the record setting Everest climbs on Wednesday, Aussie Steve Plain quietly completed his last of the “7 Summits” in a record time of 117 days, 6 hours and 50 minutes. Steve’s time beat the record of 126 days set by Polish climber Janusz Kochanski last […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 18, 2018 88 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Aspen Ski Bum Guilty for Felony Arson After Botched Penis Prank Next time you’ve got the Sharpie out, about to draw an innocent phallus on someone, you’ll want to think ahead. An Aspen ski bum has pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony arson, after setting his own house on fire back in January in retaliation for a classic drunken prank. According to an affidavit, 25 year old Stephen Elmore got black out drunk […] Featured Article Mike Lavery | May 18, 2018 21 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Kami Rita Sherpa summits Everest for a Record 22nd Time A good weather window means things are going off on Everest right now! Kami Rita Sherpa, a veteran mountain guide, topped out on Everest early this morning for a record 22nd time! He and nine Chinese climbers summited from the Nepal side and were safely on their way down to a lower camp by the afternoon. The 48 year old […] Climbing Mike Lavery | May 16, 2018320 Likes 0 Tweets 2 Comments
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