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Adventure Consultants, formerly Hall and Ball Adventure Consultants, is a New Zealand-based adventure company that brings trekking and climbing groups to various locations. Founded by Rob Hall and Gary Ball in 1991, it is known for its pioneering role in the commercialisation of Mount Everest and the 1996 Mount Everest climb during which eight ...
Ball Glacier is a 7 nautical miles (13 km) long glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica named by the New Zealand Geographic Board after Ball. [13] Ball climbed Mount Lister with an Italian field party in 1976–77, and camped on this glacier; he was field assistant with R.H. Findlay's New Zealand Antarctic Research Program party to this area, 1980–81.
Andrew Michael Harris NZBS (29 September 1964 – 11 May 1996), commonly known by his nickname Andy Harris, was a New Zealand mountain guide who died in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Harris was one of the guides for the Adventure Consultants ' 1996 Everest expedition, led by Rob Hall .
Eventually they quit professional climbing and formed a high-altitude guiding business, Hall and Ball Adventure Consultants. [5] In 1992 they guided six clients to the top of Everest. [6] In October 1993, Gary Ball died of pulmonary edema on Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest mountain, [7] [8] leaving Hall to run Adventure Consultants on ...
Adventure Consultants New Zealand Exposure South Summit: Remains found [28] [67] [94] Doug Hansen: May 11, 1996: 46 United States Exposure 8700m South Col Not recovered [28] [67] [94] Andrew Harris: May 11, 1996: 31 New Zealand Disappearance (likely accidental death during climb) 8700m S.E. Ridge Not recovered [28] [67] [94] Yasuko Namba: May ...
In September 2020, Dailymotion partnered with Mi Video, the global video app developed by Xiaomi. [18] The partnership will help Mi Video to increase its engagement with its audience and continue its growth momentum. Access to Dailymotion's global and regional music, entertainment, sports and news catalogues will be provided to Mi Video users. [19]
NHNZ Worldwide (formerly Natural History New Zealand and also known as NHNZ) [1] is a New Zealand–based television production house.. It works and co-produces with multiple major global broadcasters: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Science, A&E Television Networks, National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, NHK (Japan), France 5 and ZDF (Germany).
Brian Douglas Bell QSM (5 March 1930 – 1 October 2016) was a New Zealand environmental consultant and ornithologist. Born in 1930, Bell grew up in Marlborough and Canterbury . Surrounded by hills, braided riverbeds, islands and rocky coasts, he soon became deeply interested in natural history.