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ngadventure.typepad.com - 11/17/2009
Relics Recovered: A Pair of World-Class Climbers Goes Where Archaeologists Can't
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Mustang-714 “The challenges were daunting,” says Pete Athans of scaling a set of crumbling cliffs—more mud than rock—for the benefit of science. Last summer, the seven-time Everest summiter co-led a National Geographic expedition to Mustang, in north-central Nepal, to explore mysterious man-made ...

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The Adventure Blog:  Climbers Aid Archeologists In Mustang Region of Nepal

Sierra Blogging Post:  Climbers Find Relics Where Archaeologists Can’t

The OutPost:  Ancient Buddhist Texts Discovered by Climbers

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Climbers Aid Archeologists In Mustang Region of Nepal
The Adventure Blog — ... was updated this morning with a cool story about world class climbers joined an NG sponsored expedition last summer, and were ultimately able to help archeologists to recover artifacts they may not have had the opportunity to gather on their own. ...

Climbers Find Relics Where Archaeologists Can’t
Sierra Blogging Post — ... Leave it to National Geographic explorers to find a way to go where archaeologists can’t. Last summer, NG brought in a couple of serious mountaineers, seven-time Everest summiter Pete Athans and climber Renan Ozturk, to explore the caves and search for the ancient manuscripts. ...

Ancient Buddhist Texts Discovered by Climbers
The OutPost — ... In Mustang there are caves. Not just any caves, but caves that were carved by humans centuries ago. These caves are halfway up huge cliffs of crusty broken rock. Most locals don’t dare to climb these crumbling cliffs, and most don’t care to. But it is said that within these caves lies ancient secrets left by those who created them. Now a group of National Geographic sponsored climbers have made their way into the country and are exploring the caves, finding many ancient treasures along the way. ...

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