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Tourism News in Nepal
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Some more new world records on Everest expected
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Jeanne Stawiecki is all set to climb the world's tallest peak—Mt. Everest— during spring 2007. She is leaving for the 8,848-metre peak on March 29, news reports said.
Jeanne has set a new world record for females by completing the Antarctica Marathon on February 26, 2007.
If she becomes successful in her attempt, she will become the first woman in the world to summit the highest peak and complete a marathon on each of the seven continents in just five months. The 56-year-old adventure lover may also be the oldest woman to reach the seven summits.
"I am on a journey to become the first women in the world to summit the highest peak and complete a marathon each of the seven continents. I am on a target to complete this task by May 2007," news reports quoted her as saying.
This is an endeavor she is financing herself through hard work and determination. She grew up in a Massachusetts factory town where her mother used to work to support her children.
She completed the course in 4:54:50. The course on King George Island off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is quite challenging. It loops through the scientific research bases of Uruguay, Chile, China and Russia, brings runners across streams and huge mud flats and up a large glacier twice.
She worked to put herself through nursing school, where she was told to take up smoking to relieve stress.
A self-described former 2 pack a day smoker and a poor performer in sports for as long as she can remember, Jeanne did not begin exercising seriously till her mid 40's. As she decided to give up smoking for financial reasons, she began exercising to prevent weight gain. In the beginning, she could only walk -- and not very fast without getting winded. Gradually, she started to run part of the route and, later, the entire route. Distance running became a way for her to relieve stress, but after a number of years, she became bored with running. Taking up climbing in her 50's at a colleague’s suggestion, she had never been out of the country until she did her first climb in 2002. Having made the decision in middle age to turn her life around, now she is the vision of health and athleticism.
Meanwhile, in his bid to set a new record on the world's tallest peak, Mt. Everest, A Dutch daredevil is planning to attempt on the 8,848-metre peak during the spring 2007. Climber Wim Hof will wear just boots, shorts, gloves and a cap while climbing the peak, reports AFP quoting the expedition leader Werner de Jong from the Netherlands.
Known as the “Iceman”, he will climb the 8,848-metre peak in shorts, only in sections. However, the expedition leader de Jong said the team is planning to set many new records on Mt. Everest.
Having special abilities to withstand freezing temperatures, he has nine endurance records and recently ran 21 kilometres barefoot above the Arctic circle in Finland. The adventure lover's website www.innerfire.nl shows him cross-legged and semi-naked, meditating on ice.
According to de Jong, Hof will strip off for climbing, but don clothes while resting. “Overnight and during tea breaks, he will wear clothes,” he said
The climber will have four extra Sherpas with him to assist him.
In May 2006, a media furor was spread, as he claimed to have briefly stripped off on the summit of Everest, considered a holy mountain by Tibetans.
The expedition, which includes four clothed climbers, will leave the Netherlands on April 1, 2007 and hopes to make a summit attempt on May 16th.
Similarly, another multi-faceted personality from Newfoundland is also planning to climb Mt. Everest during this spring.
TA Loeffler, a Full Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, will attempt on the peak Mt. Everest from Nepal side using IMG for logistics support, reports everestnews.com.
She is an outdoor adventurer, hockey player, filmmaker, photographer, educator, workshop leader, motivational speaker, and life coach. Her work and adventures have taken her to 20 different countries and five different continents.
With compassion, care, presence, and playfulness, TA creates a safe space for all to learn, grow, and heal within. She uses her vast collection of outdoor adventures to create metaphors that provide new ways to see and transform the inevitable obstacles of life. TA inspires hope, possibility, and vision in those whose lives she touches, the news report says.
TA has produced nine films. Her films have shown in film festivals in Vancouver, Toronto, Regina, Lexington, and St. John’s. TA seeks to create films that document, inform, educate, move, and transform…her and others. She is also a professional photographer shooting both film and digital images. As an image-maker and artist, TA understands the power of the creative process to initiate and sustain life change. Art is a transformational process in her own life, and TA brings this creative synergy into all aspects of her work.
TA is a talented athlete. While training for her successful climb of Denali, she ran a half marathon a week for weeks on end. Besides running, TA uses strength training, yoga, cycling and step aerobics to prepare for her expeditions. She has a passion for hockey and has played every position on the ice including goaltender.
TA has coached several championship winning hockey teams and has officiated at the national championship level. Through her experience in both sports and outdoor adventure, TA intimately appreciates teamwork and knows how to bring teams together to accomplish their goals and fulfill their greatest potential.
Her Ph.D. in Outdoor Education and Master’s in Adventure Based Counseling provide the foundation for both her work and personal adventures. She is dedicated to experience-based learning within academic, wilderness, and corporate environments.
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