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Tourist board criticised for new regulations, which also prohibit solo ascents with the aim of reducing the number of accidentsSolo climbers, blind people and double amputees have been banned from climbing Everest under new rules the Nepalese tourism ministry believes will reduce the number of deaths on the mountain. The changes have provoked criticism from the US ambassador to Nepal and a former Gurkha soldier planning to scale the peak after losing both legs in Afghanistan. The new rules have been under discussion for a month and were implemented this week, Nepalese officials told the Himalayan Times. British cancer patient...

Dying Brit climber 'too big' to rescue off Everest By MICHAEL FIELD The New Zealand mountaineer who ordered climbers to leave a dying Briton near the summit of Mt Everest says it was impossible to carry the big man off the peak. Double amputee Mark Inglis was one of four New Zealanders in a group of 40 who walked past dying David Sharp during their descent of Everest on May 15. Most of them were part of a Discovery Channel film crew, which included Queenstown cameraman Mark Whetu. The crew filmed the dying British mountaineer in his last conscious moments...

Sharp unrescuable, says Chinese mountaineer Updated: 2006-05-28 09:14 Chinese female mountaineer Luo Lili regretted David Sharp's death in the Mount Qomolangma but said the British climber was at a nearly unrescuable height. "Mountaineers all know the height above 7,000m is very dangerous and usually deemed as an unrescuable height," said Luo on Saturday, who just returned from a May 15 scaling of the world highest peak. Sharp, 34, ran out of oxygen and died in a snow cave just 300 meters from the summit on his way down the Himalayan mountain. Dozens of people had walked right past him, unwilling...

A famous feature near the summit of Mount Everest, known as the Hillary Step, has collapsed, potentially making the world's highest peak even more dangerous for climbers. Last year, pictures appeared to show a change in shape to the 12-metre rocky outcrop, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to scale the mountain. It is thought to have been destroyed in Nepal's 2015 earthquake, but snow coverage made the news hard to confirm. British mountaineer Tim Mosedale confirmed the collapse after he reached the summit this week. "It's official — The Hillary Step is no more," he said in...

To hear Hillary Clinton tell it, she was named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest — even though she was already 6 years old when he made his famous ascent. On a visit to war-torn Bosnia in 1996, she claimed she and her entourage landed under sniper fire and had to run “with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base” — although videos of her arrival show her waltzing serenely across the tarmac, waving to the crowd. She blamed the 2012 attack on American diplomatic and intelligence-gathering installations in Benghazi on...

In 36 years, Hillary and I have shared a lot of birthdays, and each year I'm amazed at everything she has accomplished. This is a very special year: we're celebrating Hillary's 60th, and I hope you'll join me in sending her a birthday message, sharing your wishes for her and your hopes for the coming year.

You'll never guess which female admirer is paying attention to Bill Clinton now: his wife. Speaking to a gay-rights group the other night, Sen. Hillary Clinton mooned over her newly buff husband. True, Bubba may not have the six-pack abs of some of the guys who attended the Empire State Pride Agenda dinner at the New York Sheraton. But, after the slimmed-down Bill pledged his support to the group via video, Hillary got up to confirm that "he's been working out. I hope you noticed." Amid laughter, she added, archly, "The next time you see him, tell him I noticed."...

I just returned from a library in Pasco County, FLorida. My wife dragged me there to pick up several books for her to read on vacation. While she was searching for here Books I decided to search for Ann Coulter's Book "Treason" to check out for myself. The librarian told me that there were 2 copies of Ann's Book and I could sign up to get on a long waiting list. At that point I asked if they had Hillary's Book. She informed me that there were 35 copies there ready to be checked out. At that point, I have...

Think about it... what better ticket for Hillary... a real General to "pretend" concern for national defense.Clark is perfect..totally inept, completely liberal, and opting out of the primary fray... he is going to be Hillary's VP candidate after she wins a brokered convention.It's going to be 2004 NOT 2008 Hillary would never lower herself to grovel in a inter-party campaign and her "RED" agenda can't wait for another 4 years.

The First Edition Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook -a valued keepsake and a useful tool in its own right- It is with great pleasure that we announce a special opportunity for you to continue your generous support of President Bill Clinton's legacy and, at the same time, acquire a true culinary gem - the Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes from Family and Friends. And for your contribution of $35 or more, you will not only receive this unique cookbook with over 250 signature recipes, but you will also be advancing our shared goal to complete the Library...

Hillary Rodham Clinton's autobiography isn't selling as well as a month ago. Then, despite being panned as a dull, unconvincing, committee-written apologia, it soared beyond expectations, with hours-long lines at stores to meet her. But "Living History" is still reaping Clinton big political royalties, helping to push up her approval rating to all-time highs and earning something rare for such a well-known politician - a fresh look from the most important and open-minded voters, suburbanites. "People who love her wanted to know more and people who hate her wanted to know more," Jason Porembski, a manager at the Borders store...

Hillary is coming to red square (technically it's Harvard square) this monday. she will be at the Charles Park Hotel, across from Wordsworth bookstore on Brattle street. Her Heiness will be there at 12:00pm (noon), so i suggest getting there around 11:15/11:30am. I know many of us have to work but if the lefties can make it, we can too. when you get there i'll be the 16 year old, flag bearing, sign holding, politically motivated t-shirt wearing, republican with a big smile on my face. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE IT p.s. - i put New Hampshire as a topic...

Hundreds queue for Clinton book by Angelique Chrisafis Friday July 4, 2003The Guardian Eric Hammond, 75, a retired builder from Upminster, was the first in the five-hour queue for Hillary Rodham Clinton's autograph yesterday afternoon. Like many of the 500-strong crowd outside Waterstones in Piccadilly, London, he was there because he thought Senator Clinton would be the first woman president of the US. He also, like several others, dabbled in the old British habit of collecting autographed books and keeping them in a box under the stairs. "A hardback signed by Senator Clinton might be worth £50 - £60 one...

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton sounded less emphatic on Thursday about not running for president in 2004, saying that while she doesn't currently intend to challenge President Bush next year, she can't be more definitive about her plans. In London to promote her memoir "Living History," Mrs. Clinton was asked by BBC "Woman's Hour" host Martha Kearney if her often repeated denials that she had "no intention" of running for the White House truly ruled out a presidential bid "at some future point." Mrs. Clinton responded, "Well, but it is as close as I can come. Because I have no...

Hillary Clinton, junior Senator for New York, is surrounded by people. She walks into the Ritz in London in the midst of six huge security guards, two press secretaries and a selection of other folk who seem to know what they are doing while appearing to do nothing much really. "We're going in the lift, Senator," says a short man very slowly to Hillary Clinton, as if she has a mental age of seven. "And then we can get you some tea." "Your room's on the fifth floor," says a woman wearing pink high heels. Later on she tells me...

missus clinton: BILL CLINTON ISN'T THE ONLY RAPIST I GOT OFF(Tell It Early, . . . Tell It Yourself )   by Mia T, 6.30.03   Diane [Blair] and I regularly met for lunch in the Student Union. We always chose a table by the big windows that looked out toward the Ozark Hills and share [sic] stories and gossip. She and I also spent long hours with Ann at the Henrys' backyard pool. They loved hearing about the cases I handled at the Legal Aid clinic, and I often sought their opinions about some of the attitudes I encountered....

I tried to exercise my free speech at the Hillary book signing in White Marsh, Maryland- and learned that liberals and bookstores are not always the defenders of free speech that they claim they are. I was escorted away by police to crowd cheers(pic inside) and joined my fellow freepers on a public median. I live in the White Marsh area, just north of Baltimore and thought I'd express my feelings about Hillarys new book. I made a simple sign "Lying History", parked my car at "The Avenue At White Marsh" and walked up to the block where everyone was...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Half a century ago a beekeeper's son from New Zealand and a Nepalese guide made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. The May 29, 1953, anniversary of the climb to the top of the 29,035-foot peak was being marked beginning Tuesday with an exhibition at the National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall. Edmund Hillary, 83, plans to visit the exhibit later in the year. His companion on the climb, Tenzing Norgay, died in 1986. The exhibition shows that since the Hillary expedition Everest has become a popular destination. More than 1,600 climbers have...

<p>NOTE: the survival of our Republic is threatened by two things -- fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and Hillary Rodham Clinton. President Bush is leading the fight against the terrorists. It is up to those of us who know the real Hillary Clinton to lead the fight against her. We must shine the light of truth on this dangerous woman so that all Americans may know the real Hillary.</p> <p>Why the name Hillary? Did her parents just like that name? Was there an aunt or grandma named Hillary? Not according to Hillary Clinton.</p>

Link here:Hardcover NonfictionAnn Coulter's book is not mentioned.