June 8, 2009
Funds needed for expedition
WHAT can be tougher than having to ski over 800 kilometres across Antarctica, with 100 kilogrammes of gear at minus 40 degrees Celcius?
Apparently, sourcing for funds is.
That is, according to Ms Sophia Pang, who is set to be the first Singaporean woman to leave her footprints on the South [...]

June 6, 2009
Everest climb valuable only to adventurers themselves
THURSDAY’S editorial, ‘A salute to our Everest heroines’, on the Singaporean women who climbed Mount Everest, echoes the skewed views of mountaineer David Lim in seeing only one side of the argument.
While it was clearly a difficult and commendable achievement, The Straits Times and Mr Lim [...]