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TOP STORY Updated: 11:56 am CST Dec 26, 2008

Best of ExplorersWeb 2008 Awards: Red flares for freedom, Alberto Peruffo

Over the years emails between ExplorersWeb and Italian climber Alberto Peruffo would regard mountains such as Rakaposhi or Kanjut Sar. That all changed this spring.

There was a crackdown in Tibet. Himalaya peaks were shut one by one. Alberto went to the legendary University of Padova, to seek counsel of a Luminary of International Law at the Center for Human Rights.

Leaving Professor Antonio Papisca's studio, "I thought to myself," the artist/climber said, "something must be done, ideas that seem crazy must come to life."..
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MOUNTEVEREST.NET

Best of ExplorersWeb 2008 Awards - Special mentionDec 23, 2008
We have covered hundreds of expeditions in 2006. It's difficult to choose the best, as they all contributed in their own way, sharing their story - their very soul in fact - with us and the wor...

Himalaya wrap-up: A cold Christmas Eve in Broad Peak, Manaslu and Nanga Parbat's BCsDec 24, 2008

Himalaya wrap-up: the unlikely brotherhoodDec 22, 2008

K2 CLIMB.NET

Best of ExplorersWeb 2008 Awards: The 14th knight - Ivan VallejoDec 25, 2008
At times we stumble upon statements such as "200 people have been to space but only one circumnavigated Iowa with a tomato in his mouth."

This doesn't mean that going to space is easy w...

Karakoram 2008 season's end report by ACP's Tariq SiddiqiDec 18, 2008

ExWeb interview with Artur Hajzer, final: "Simone and Denis should join our team" Dec 9, 2008

PYTHOM.COM - SPACE

Don Pettit, "once normal breathing resumes, we will have this warm sensation inside that we are home"Nov 28, 2008
(Pythom.com) Mission accomplished, Don Pettit is coming home. Most tasks went well, except for the tool box dropped by a space-walking Astronaut the other day. &q...

ExWeb special report: Godspeed Endeavour!Nov 21, 2008

ExWeb Special: T-7, sending off a friend to SpaceNov 7, 2008

ADVENTURE STATS.COM

Himalayan/Polar and more statistics

BASECAMP MD.COM

Follow updates from Everest BaseCampMD

THE POLES.COM

ExWeb interview with Thomas Davenport on The Ice: “Focus on each day”Dec 24, 2008
(ThePoles.com) South Pole skier, Thomas Davenport lost part of his colon after being diagnosed with cancer. He is well on his way to the Pole. In a short interview with ExplorersWeb's Corr...

American Todd Carmichael bags South Pole speed record Dec 22, 2008

Antarctic wrap-up: Todd at the Pole; and the brutal Beardmore GlacierDec 22, 2008

THE OCEANS.NET

Best of ExplorersWeb 2008 Awards: Wintering the Big White - Tara's 2007-2008 Arctic VoyageDec 24, 2008
In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen sailed to the Arctic. The plan was for Fram to freeze and drift through the sea ice to the North Pole. One year into the trip it became clear that...

Somalia update - Chinese warships join piracy battleDec 18, 2008

Ocean kiter Anne Quéméré rescued Dec 17, 2008

HUMAN EDGE TECH.COM