Mojibake (æ–‡å—化ã') (IPA: [modÍ¡Ê'ibake]; lit. "character transformation"), from the Japanese æ–‡å— (moji) "character" + 化ã' (bake) "transform", is the garbled text that is the result of text being decoded using an unintended character encod… Baca selengkapnya »
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, PBS is an independently operated non-profit organization and is the most prominent provider of televisio… Baca selengkapnya »
National Geographic, formerly The National Geographic Magazine, is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primar… Baca selengkapnya »
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's state-owned and funded national public broadcaster. It plays a leading role in the history of broadcasting in Australia. With a total annual budget of A$1.22Â billion, the corporation provi… Baca selengkapnya »
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It is published by Condé Nast. Started as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is now published 47 times annually, with five of thes… Baca selengkapnya »
The Süddeutsche Zeitung [ˈzyËtËŒdÉ"Êtʃə ˈtsaɪtÊŠÅ‹], published in Munich, is the largest German national subscription daily newspaper. History On 6 October 1945, five months after the end of World War II in Germany, the SZ was the first n… Baca selengkapnya »
James Ramsey Ullman (1907 â€" July 5, 1971) was an American writer and mountaineer. He was born in New York. He was not a high end climber, but his writing made him an honorary member of that circle. The books he wrote were mostly about mountaineeri… Baca selengkapnya »
The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, reg… Baca selengkapnya »
Island Arc (print: ISSNÂ 1038-4871, online: ISSNÂ 1440-1738) is a peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal that was established in 1992, covering "Earth Sciences of Convergent Plate Margins and Related Topics". It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on… Baca selengkapnya »
JSTOR (pronounced JAY-stor; short for Journal Storage) is a digital library founded in 1995. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now also includes books and primary sources, and current issues of journals. It provides… Baca selengkapnya »
The SagarmÄthÄ National Park (sagaramÄthÄ rÄá¹£á¹riya nikuñja) is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. It encompasses an area of 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi) in the Solukhumbu District and ranges i… Baca selengkapnya »
Shelkar or Shelkar Dzong (Shelkhar = "white crystal"), also called "New Tingri", is the administrative centre for Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet. Location The town lies 7Â km off the Friendship Highway between Lhatse and Tin… Baca selengkapnya »
The Friendship Highway (also known as the China-Nepal Highway,Chinese: ä¸å°¼å…¬è·¯; pinyin: Zhongni Gonglu) is a 800 kilometres (500 mi) scenic route connecting the capital of Tibet, Lhasa, with the Chinese/Nepalese border at the Sino-Nepal Friends… Baca selengkapnya »
Gyachung Kang (Nepali: गà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤šà¥à¤™à¥à¤•à¤¾à¤™, GyÄchung KÄng; Chinese: æ ¼é‡åº·å³°; pinyin: GézhòngkÄng FÄ"ng) is a mountain in the Mahalangur Himal section of the Himalaya, and is the highest peak between Cho Oyu (8,201 m) and Mount… Baca selengkapnya »
Chomo Lonzo (Chinese: ç 穆隆索峰; pinyin: ZhÅ«mùlóngsuÇ' FÄ"ng) is a mountain in Tibet, 5 km northeast of Makalu in the Mahalungur (Mohalingor) or Khumbu Himalayas. Alternate spellings of the same name include Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo L… Baca selengkapnya »
Karma (Sanskrit: करà¥à¤®; IPA: [ˈkÉ™rmÉ™]; Pali: kamma) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. Good intent and good deed contr… Baca selengkapnya »
Nangpa La (el. 5,806Â m or 19,050Â ft) is a high mountain pass crossing the Himalayas and the Nepal-Tibet Autonomous Region border a few kilometres west of Cho Oyu and some 30Â km (20Â mi) northwest of Mount Everest. A foot-trail over Nangpa La is th… Baca selengkapnya »
According to the Tibetan government in exile, prostitution as an industry was virtually non-existent before the Chinese occupation of Tibet. According to the Tibetan Women's Association: "In the past, in Tibet there were no brothels". Tibetan lawyer … Baca selengkapnya »
VÃtor Negrete (November 13, 1967 â€" May 19, 2006) was a prominent mountaineer and the first Brazilian to reach the summit of Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. Negrete was also a prominent adventure racer beginning in 2001. Among many ot… Baca selengkapnya »
A crampon is a traction device that is attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Not only are crampons used during ice climbing, but they are also used for secure travel on snow and ice, such as crossing glaciers, … Baca selengkapnya »
Jamling Tenzing Norgay (Nepali: जमà¥à¤²à¤¿à¤‚ग तेनà¥à¤œà¤¿à¤‚ग नोरà¥à¤—े; born April 23, 1965) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber. He is the son of Nepalese Sherpa mountain climber Tenzing Norgay (who first climbed Mount … Baca selengkapnya »
Robert Edwin Hall MBE (14 January 1961 â€" 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer best known for being head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition in which he, a fellow guide, and two clients perished. A best-selling account of the expedition w… Baca selengkapnya »
Richard "Dick" Bass (born 1929) is the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits," the tallest mountain on each continent. Early life Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1929, Bass moved with his family to Texa… Baca selengkapnya »
David Breashears (born December 20, 1955) is an American mountaineer and filmmaker. In 1985, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest twice. He is perhaps most famous for guiding Richard Bass to the summit of Everest, thus co… Baca selengkapnya »
Commercialization or commercialisation is the process or cycle of introducing a new product or production method into the market. The term often connotes especially the entrance into the mass market as opposed to earlier niche markets, but it also in… Baca selengkapnya »
. A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle with a smooth underside or possessing a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that travels by sliding across a surface. Most sleds are used on sur… Baca selengkapnya »
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二åä¹å±Šå¤å£å¥¥æž—匹克è¿åŠ¨ä¼š; pinyin: Dì èrshÃjiÇ" jiè xià jì à olÃnpÇkè yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was a major … Baca selengkapnya »
The 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest was the special route of the torch relay as part of the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in China. Torchbearers reached Mt. Everest at 9.20 in the morning (local time) on May 8, in parallel with the She… Baca selengkapnya »
Lincoln Ross Hall OAM (19 December 1955 â€" 20 March 2012) was a veteran Australian mountain climber, adventurer, author and philanthropist. Hall was part of the first Australian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1984, which successfully forged a… Baca selengkapnya »
Russell Reginald Brice (born 3 July 1952) is a New Zealand mountaineer. He is also the owner/manager of Himalayan Experience Ltd., a climbing expedition company. He has summited Cho Oyu 7 times, Himal Chuli and Mount Everest (May 1997, May 1998) twic… Baca selengkapnya »
Discovery Channel (formerly The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply "Discovery") is an American basic cable and satellite television channel (which is also delivered via IPTV, terrestrial television and internet telev… Baca selengkapnya »
David Sharp (15 February 1972 â€" 15 May 2006) was an English mountaineer and Cho Oyu summiter who died near the summit of Mount Everest. His death caused controversy and debate, because he was passed by a number of other climbers heading to and retu… Baca selengkapnya »
Mark Joseph Inglis, ONZM (born 27 September 1958) is a mountaineer, researcher, winemaker and motivational speaker. He holds a degree in Human Biochemistry from Lincoln University, New Zealand, and has conducted research on Leukaemia. He is also an a… Baca selengkapnya »
A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine that uses lift generated by wings, called rotary wings or rotor blades, that revolve around a mast. Several rotor blades mounted on a single mast are referred to as a rotor. Th… Baca selengkapnya »
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, FAI â€" The World Air Sports Federation, is the world governing body for air sports, aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying ae… Baca selengkapnya »
The Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (Squirrel) is a single-engine light helicopter originally designed and manufactured in France by Aérospatiale (now Airbus Helicopters). In North America, the AS350 is marketed as the AStar. The AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a tw… Baca selengkapnya »
Didier Delsalle (born May 6, 1957 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a fighter pilot and helicopter test pilot. On May 14, 2005, he became the first (and only) person to land a helicopter, the Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel, on the 8,848Â m (29,030Â ft) summi… Baca selengkapnya »
Baltasar Kormákur Samper (born 27 February 1966) is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is known professionally as Baltasar Kormákur. He is best known for directing the films 101 ReykjavÃk, Hafið, A Little Trip to… Baca selengkapnya »
Everest is an upcoming 2015 American 3D historical biography action adventure disaster thriller film edited and directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Justin Isbell, William Nicholson, Mark Medoff and Academy Award winner Simon Beaufoy. The fi… Baca selengkapnya »
Matt Dickinson is a film-maker and writer who is best known for his award winning novels and his documentary work for National Geographic Television, Discovery Channel and the BBC. Dickinson was one of the climbers caught in the 1996 Mount Everest di… Baca selengkapnya »
New Scientist is a UK-based weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, founded in 1956. Since 1996 it has also run a website. Sold in retail outlets and on subscription, the magazine covers current developments, news, … Baca selengkapnya »
The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of highe… Baca selengkapnya »
Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors. The first issue was published in September 1977. Its mission statement is: The mission of Outside magazine is to inspire participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of … Baca selengkapnya »
On 18 April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest near Everest Base Camp killed sixteen Nepalese guides. As of 20 April, thirteen bodies had been recovered. The search for the three remaining bodies was called off due to the difficulty and risk of retr… Baca selengkapnya »
Yuichiro Miura (三浦 雄一郎, Miura YÅ«ichirÅ, born October 12, 1932) is a Japanese alpinist who in 2003, at age 70, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. This record was later broken. However, on May 26, 2008, Miura onc… Baca selengkapnya »
Apa (born Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa; 20 January 1960), nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, jointly with Phurba Tashi, holds the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other person. As part of The E… Baca selengkapnya »
Jordan Romero (born July 12, 1996) is a US Citizen mountain climber who, on May 22, 2010, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. He was 13 years old when he reached the summit. Romero was accompanied by his father Paul Romero, his step-mo… Baca selengkapnya »
Christian Stangl (born on July 10, 1966 in Landl, Austria) is an alpine style professional mountain climber. He practices what he calls "skyrunning": rapidly climbing or running up very high mountains, directly from the base camp to the summit and ba… Baca selengkapnya »
Erik Weihenmayer (born September 23, 1968) is an American athlete, adventurer, author, activist and motivational speaker, and the only blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on May 25, 2001. He was honored with a Time Magazine cover story… Baca selengkapnya »
Davorin "Davo" KarniÄar (born October 26, 1962) is a Slovene alpinist and extreme skier. As an active mountain skier, Davo was a member of the Yugoslavian national mountain ski team between 1975 and 1982. An alpinist since 1980, he climbed in 1989 … Baca selengkapnya »
Lydia Bradey is a New Zealand mountaineer. She is best known for becoming the first woman to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1988. Early life Lydia Bradey was born to Royce and John Bradey in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her fat… Baca selengkapnya »
Jean-Marc Boivin (6 April 1951 â€" 17 February 1990) was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, award-winning film maker, and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding a… Baca selengkapnya »
Junko Tabei (ç"°éƒ¨äº• æ·³å, Tabei Junko, born September 22, 1939) is a Japanese mountain-climber who, on May 16 , 1975, became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Early climbing history After obtaining a degree in English lit… Baca selengkapnya »