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Urban American Outdoors’ Summit Weekend
Urban American Outdoors had its 1st Annual Urban Outdoor Summit, Sept. 24-26, 2010 at the Holiday Inn SE in Kansas City with partner Kansas City, Missouri Parks & Rec. The event started off with a continental breakfast and prayer given by Rev. Modest Miles. A UAO Film presentation set the tone and the Master of Ceremonies was Roy Hobbs who introduced UAO host Wayne Hubbard and Mark Bowland, Community Service Manager of Parks & Recreation to give opening remarks and welcomes. Mark Bowland then continued on with his presentation of the Kansas City Parks and how special they are to families in Kansas City. This was followed by footage of our beautiful First Lady Michelle Obama’s speaking on her “Let’s Move” program. The program is about getting our children healthy with better food choices and physical exercise. Next speaker Corey Paris who is Urban American Outdoors’ Director of Youth Outreach. Corey Paris is also the Johnson County Community College Student President who has high political aspirations which was very apparent by the thought provoking speech he gave on how to reach his generation and get them involved. He made many valid points to parents on how the young people of today think and why they think the way they do. He is definitely a leader for our future. The morning sessions then wound up with plenty of fresh food, questions, answers and networking.
We had a very special luncheon where recipients received Urban American Outdoors’ Perspective Award. The Perspective Award is an award given by UAO to celebrate the Outdoor Lifestyle and it’s participants who believe that “Outdoors is for Everyone” and has worked passionately regardless of conventional thought to shares this ideology. Winners for the award were David Wyatt, Arthur Bronson, Sabrina Thompson and Carl Price Jr. All the winners had worked tirelessly over the years with little or no recognition of their dedicated services and all were sincerely appreciative of the acknowledgment.
After the celebration and food it was back to business opening up with our Anglers Panel which consisted of Arthur Bronson, Sabrina Thompson both of the International Federation of Black Bass Fisherman and Onji Jordon of the Fishers of Men based out of Chicago. This was a very thought provoking panel on their individual triumphs and trials of being black in the outdoors. Arthur Bronson spoke on trying to get major sponsorships to compete in the Bass Tournaments and how we are often excluded in the big money purses. He also spoke on how back in the 80′s he was in talks with BET television about getting his TV show on their Network to no avail. Still today BET is still peddling negative images to our youth and to the world globally about black life that consist of a small percentage of how most of us live. Our children never see black teachers, doctors, regular whole families, outdoors programs or happy endings. The Network is owned by Viacom.
Next we had our own live Action Hero retired Major Samuel Morgon who for over two decades kept America safe. Some Samuels’s impressive military accomplishments included Airborne School, Ranger School, Special Forces, SERE and the list goes on. Today he is owner of his own company, writer and spoke about his experience as a young person in the outdoors with his family which led him to a very successful career in the military in his adult life. Following Samuel Morgon was Outdoor Specialist David Wyatt who talked about his time with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation and about it is time for us to not look to other people to mentor our children but it is up to us to mentor us. Everyone in the room was in full agreement with Mr. Wyatt’s dynamic presentation. At this point Mr. Terence Gunn unexpectedly gave special recognition to Wayne Hubbard and Candice Price for their outreach and support for the F.L Schlagle High School Marching Band for when they made their trip to Washington D.C. to perform for President Obama.
After a quick break everyone was ready for Arletha Bland Manlove lead ombudsman for the Green Impact Zone presentation. She brought pertinent information in regards to all the wonderful things that is and will be going on in the zone. She spoke on the sustainability, urban gardens, rain gardens and environmental concerns that effect not only our lives here in Kansas City but globally.
At this point Roy Hobbs introduced the UAO Panel with Wayne Hubbard, Candice Price and Chef Kevin Kimbrough. We show a segment of the show and talked about Urban American Outdoors and our spin off show Urban Soul Wild with Executive Chef Kevin. Urban Soul Wild takes you on a healthy soulful culinary journey with cooking segments of fresh garden vegetables, wild game, fish or chicken, and anything Kevin and Wayne can come up with. The audience really got into the food segments and questions were asked about healthy cooking.
The Summit was coming close to ending but everyone was anticipating the featured Documentary, “The Father of Turkish Hockey, The Glenn Brown Story” which was produced by Urban American Productions. This doc is the unique story of how Amateur Hockey was first bought to the Country of Turkey, in fact brought there by a Black Man, Glenn Brown. Glenn Brown grew up in Michigan playing hockey and when he was old enough he enlisted in the military. When he was stationed in Turkey in 1983 he took his game with him and started teaching a group of young men the game of Hockey. Over the next 20 years Glenn was instrumental in getting the sport recognized as a major sport in Turkey and was given the title as the Father of Turkish Hockey. The doc has already won awards and there is talk about later making it into a movie. After the story was watched Glenn who was in attendance was given a long standing ovation. It was so heartfelt and long overdue. Everyone loved the Summit and to cap off the evening we all went to Gates Bar BQ, one of our Sponsors and broke bread together.
Day two of the Summit was Urban Outdoor Day which we dedicated to the youth. We had a Proclamation for this day from the Mayor and support from many who had attended the Summit. We had a Kids Fishing Derby and clinic, STEM activities, The Kansas City Spartans, ladies football members, Xcalibar Outdoor Sportsman Team and the F.L. Schlagle Marching Stallions with Music Director Reggie May and staff came to perform a whole set for us. Executive Chef Kevin Kimbrough of Urban Soul Wild TV show came and performed his culinary magic on the grill. The Kids had a great time and many told us they will be ready for our next event.
To finish up the Summit weekend, Sunday we had a special Chiefs Tailgating party with our Executive Chef Kevin Kimbrough and Host Wayne Hubbard for our cooking show, Urban Soul Wild. Staying close to our theme we had Duck, Wild Hog, Chicken Wings, fresh urban garden vegetables and made homemade Cobblers on the grill which were unbelievably delicious. Of course we filmed and it will be aired at a later date.
All in all, the entire Urban Outdoor Summit was a success and with the new friends and alliances that were formed, the Summit will return next year bigger and better.
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How to Prepare for a Successful Summit of Mount Everest
Here we examine what you need to do in order to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest, and live to tell your friends and family about your adventure. The information presented here is more pragmatic and less philosophical.
Here we will not discuss why some men and women have the need to climb the highest mountain in the world. At this point in your search for information, you probably don’t need this type of philosophical reasoning. Here you will find strictly the preparatory steps you need to take in order to increase the probability of a successful ascent and descent of Mount Everest. As in all worthwhile endeavors, preparation is the key to success. Lets take a look at the necessary preparatory steps.
1) Make sure that you are in the proper frame of mind for a summit. By this we mean ask yourself why you want to climb Mount Everest. You need to have a very good reason to attempt a summit, at least a very good reason for yourself. The reason for this is because your motivation level must be very high, and needs to be deep seated within your own personal psychology.
A perfunctory reason for climbing Everest will not work. If you are willing to do what ever it takes, and take yourself to the edge of your physical and mental performance envelope, then you should be ready to go. This first psychological step is by far the most important. If you can not take this first step, then you should stop reading right here and not continue with the other steps needed.
2) Make sure your are physically fit, and build up your fitness to a high level during the steps which follow. Your physical fitness should include running on both flat terrain and hills, some weight lifting, some climbing with a heavy backpack, and long periods of walking with a heavy backpack. Build up your fitness over time so that your fitness peak occurs around the time of you summit attempt. Obviously, you must be physically and mentally ready to summit Mount Everest.
3) Make sure you have the knowledge and technical skills needed in order to summit Everest. If you are starting from square one, you need to take mountaineering courses and start to learn about mountain climbing. Here we are talking about mountain climbing, and not rock climbing, there is a difference.
After you learn about the skills needed to climb mountains, start climbing and start out by climbing peaks that are less then ultra prominent. An ultra prominent peak is a mountain with a topographical prominence of 1,500 meters (4,921 ft) or more. There are a total of roughly 1,524 such peaks in the world. The prominence of a peak is the height of the peak’s summit above the lowest contour line encircling it.
4) After successful summits of less then ultra prominent mountains, start to climb ultra prominent peaks, and over a period of 3 to 4 years, build up your climbing experience so that you able to climb several mountains which are at least 18,000 feet above mean sea level. Before an Everest summit attempt, climb at least one mountain of 26,247 feet above mean sea level. It is also important to gain some experience at expedition camping at higher altitude, and gain experience on how to deal with the cold. Also, learn about how and when to use oxygen. You should also learn how to pace yourself and how to expend as little energy as possible as you move up the mountain.
5) During your physical training and climbing, select an expedition company. You can use the following list of Mount Everest expedition companies for this. It is very important that you use an expedition company which has many years of experience and has a successful track record of putting people on the summit with a safe return descent. There are number of companies out there. Their prices range anywhere from $25,000 to $60,000. They are not cheap.
The most important element here in selecting an expedition company is to make sure they provide a guide for you. Having a guide increases your chances of a successful summit attempt tremendously. One of the most well known expedition companies is Himalayan Experience.
Himalayan Experience is directed by Russell Brice, who has been leading expeditions to the Himalayas since 1974. He has led clients to the summit of Everest, Cho Oyo, Himal Chuli, Shishapangma and Ama Dablam. His expeditions have been presented on the Discovery Channel. Brice has a reputation of tight control so be prepared to follow his rules strictly.
The Russell Brice team is not cheap. There 2007 price was $40,000. So do your shopping around in finding the right expedition company, one which fits your budget, and at the same time provides a level of safety you are comfortable with. But also be very careful. We strongly suggest that you do not use an expedition company whose price sounds to low (meaning below $25,000). David Sharp, the climber who died in 2006 and whose death was surrounded by a media frenzy of inaccuracy and furor, had paid into one such bare-bones operation.
6) Buy at least $50,000 in emergency medical evacuation insurance in case you need to be evacuated due to a medical reason. And while your at it, make sure your life insurance policy is in place and find out about if it covers risky activity. Many life insurance companies simply will not provide a pay out if you die from risky activity. Fortunately, there are some life insurance companies that specialize in such high-risk situations and have underwriters equipped to provide you with the best quote for your individual requirements.
The following is the fatality rates for a Mount Everest summit:
1922-1989; 285/106 (37.19%)
1990-1999; 882/59 (6.69%)
2000-2005; 1393/27 (1.94%)
1922-2006; 3010/203 (6.74%)
As you can see, the fatality rate for a summit of Mount Everest has dropped dramatically since 1990. But no matter how you slice it, there is a risk for loss of life.
The point is, if you have dreamed of climbing Mount Everest, and you are unable to be covered by a life insurance policy while attempting a summit, I would not let that stop you. Especially given the fact that the fatality rate has dropped dramatically. But it would be prudent to know what your policy does and does not cover in terms of risky activity.
7) Plan your trip for the spring, because during the months of March, April and May, this is when the optimal climbing weather exists in the Himalayas. You should also have some basic understanding about weather and the weather systems that frequently move through the Himalayas during the spring. While your expedition leader will be making the weather decisions, the ultimate choice of whether you climb comes down to you, and part of that decision making involves making sure you have a large enough weather window for a summit.
Be prepared for long periods of acclimatizing. Usually several weeks or longer. You can not attempt to summit Mount Everest unless you have the proper number of red blood cells given the decrease level of oxygen in the atmosphere. So a lot of time is spent waiting.
9) Plan at least two months for the entire trip.
We have provided you with a list of steps you need to follow in order to successfully summit Mount Everest. As you can see, such an attempt should not be looked as an adventure vacation. To summit Mount Everest is serious business, and it should be treated as such. The key to a successful summit is preparation. If you are successful, you will experience one of the highest levels of accomplishment that an individual can achieve. And finally, Godspeed on your attempt to summit the highest mountain in the world.
About the Author
Thomas Sullivan, the author of this article, is a web developer and publisher, who resides within the Boston, MA area. He is the creator of Intellego Web Publishing and is currently preparing for a Mount Everest summit. He is also the creator and webmaster for Mount Everest.