CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Ashford-based International Mountain Guides reached base camp at Mount Everest on Monday as it prepares to attempt to climb the world’s highest mountain.
IMG has led 179 climbers to the top of Everest.
This year’s expedition will be followed by a film crew from the Discovery Channel.
Rich Landers of the Spokesman-Review says two Spokane men in the party will be attempting to make history.
Dawes Eddy is 66 is attempting to become the oldest American to reach the summit without assistance from a guide. He will, however, have a Sherpa, Mingma Chhiring, with him.
Dave Remington is 67 and climbing with guide Justin Merle of Pierce County and Mingma Tenzing Sherpa. He is attempting to become the oldest American to summit the 29,035-foot mountain.
JanSport co-founder Skip Yowell will appear at Feathered Friends in Seattle on Thursday. Yowell will give a slideshow presentation on the history of JanSport and recapping his many expeditions around the globe. His travels have taken him to places such as Tibet, Everest, Kangchenjunga and Kilimanjaro.
The presentation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. The store is located at 119 Yale Ave. N., Seattle.
The origins of JanSport’s date back to 1967 when Yowell and two of his best friends started a backpack company in the corner of his uncle’s Seattle transmission shop. What began as a passion for climbing and hiking turned into the number one selling day pack in the world, according to a company press release.
Today Yowell is vice president of global public relations at JanSport and consults with JanSport International businesses in Europe, Asia and South America, the release said. Skip travels the world giving presentations and slide shows on the history of JanSport which include expeditions and adventure travel to Tibet, Everest, Kangchenjunga, Kilimanjaro and many other destinations around the globe.
