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8000 Meter Peak Technologies is proud to announce a partnership with legendary high altitude mountaineer Ed Viesturs.  Ed will bring a life time of achievement in the mountains and his experience to endorse the 8kpeak.com product line.  As well, we will work with Ed to further the development of our products in an effort to follow our main goal, to offer products that we have used and tested on our mountain adventures that plain and simply work.   Head over to 8kpeak.com and check out the line and take advantage of our spring expedition sale and use the code   Viesturs15...

Can the use of supplemental oxygen make the 29,035 foot summit of Mount Everest feel like 19,000 feet or lower? Being a math geek, I did some research, created a model in Excel, ran the numbers, and the results were amazing. Photo by naturalvitalitysports.com Some people state that climbing with oxygen is cheating. The intention of this post isn't to stir the pot of the O's vs. no O's controversy, it is to examine the effects of using O's strictly by the numbers. I don't take anything away from anyone who has ever endured months of expedition life, managed to set foot on the...

Proflex remote controlled, heated insoles help internationally certified mountain guide, Linden Mallory, and Penn Newhard combat Antarctic cold and top out on Vinson Massif. Guest blog by Linden Mallory: I wake up with the feeling I’m fighting spindrift as a shower of ice crystals hits my eye lids. The condensation from three sets of lungs breathing at rest throughout the night led to a layer of beautiful ice crystals lining the inside of the tent, detaching at the slightest movement of the nylon. We’re camped at 9,500’ on the Branscomb Glacier on the Vinson Massif, Antarcitca’s highest peak. Temperatures over the...

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