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Conrad Anker's own MeToo moment; Reinhold Messner speaks with Nirmal Purja victim
12 June 2024 Conrad Anker, the legendary American climber, has been accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment. In a video uploaded...
Michael Kobold
Jun 12, 20246 min read
BTS: Exposing Nirmal Purja - Harvey Weinstein of Mountaineering
Conrad Anker betrays fellow mountaineer; sides with Nirmal Purja Reinhold Messner reacts to the brewing scandal The recent New York Times...
Michael Kobold
Jun 6, 202421 min read
The Harvey Weinstein Of Mountaineering
An anonymous tip led to the unraveling of one the world's most famous mountaineers. Read how the social media campaign targeting Nirmal...
Michael Kobold
Aug 26, 20232 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - PART 13
Dr. Richard Fuisz, the retired CIA operative, reached into his jacket pocket and produced a brand new Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera. “Here,...
Michael Kobold
Aug 2, 201920 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 12
“Michael has a very generous present for you, general,” U.S. Ambassador Alaina Teplitz said to General Rajendra Chettri, the chief of the...
Michael Kobold
Jul 26, 201913 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 11
“Mr. Kobold is a friend of the president, please give him an all access pass,” Bill Clinton’s aide said to the security officer,...
Michael Kobold
Jul 19, 201916 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 10
“This is excellent,” wrote Sam Pitroda, the chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, the international outreach body of Rahul Gandhi’s...
Michael Kobold
Jul 12, 201921 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 9
Prithivi Pande is without equal in the lofty worlds of investment banking, art-collecting and politics. The self-made tycoon is the...
Michael Kobold
Jul 6, 201922 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 8
In order to improve his news conglomerate’s public image, Kantipur's owner, Kailash Sirohiya, hired Anup Kaphle as the Kathmandu Post’s...
Michael Kobold
Jul 5, 201930 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES -Part 7
July 4, 2019 “America sucks,” Professor Jack Roseman said, smiling broadly, “it sucks, but I always remind everyone that it’s still by...
Michael Kobold
Jul 4, 201927 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 6
On July 1, 2019, the Nepal national chapter of Rotary International inducted Kiran Lal Shrestha as it’s new governor of district 3209. In...
Michael Kobold
Jul 2, 201923 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 5
Gautam “G2” Rana was born into a life of immense privilege. The grandson of the last hereditary prime minister of Nepal, G2 purported to...
Michael Kobold
Jul 2, 201928 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part 4
In 2012, after the headline-grabbing Everest summit rock controversy had simmered down, I discovered that Namgel and Thundu Sherpa did...
Michael Kobold
Jul 1, 201925 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part III
“Namaste Michael, I have been following you and your brand since my childhood days,” Kamal BK wrote via Facebook messenger. “I urge you...
Michael Kobold
Jun 29, 201940 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part II
Five days after publishing Part One of The Nepal Controversies, and after I contacted the Kathmandu Post's editor-in-chief, Anup Kaphle,...
Michael Kobold
Jun 29, 201921 min read
The Fire Truck Expedition short film
Presented by Malcolm McDowell alias Maiko McDonald.
Michael Kobold
Jun 21, 20191 min read
THE NEPAL CONTROVERSIES - Part I
In December of 2018, the biggest English-language newspaper in Nepal, the Kathmandu Post, published the first of six front-page,...
Michael Kobold
Jun 18, 201933 min read
6th Anniversary of James Gandolfini's Passing
Six Years after James Gandolfini died in Rome, the Fire Truck Expedition carries on the great actor's spirit. James Gandolfini was more...
Michael Kobold
Jun 18, 20193 min read
Documentary Film: Start Digging
The proverb "we start digging the well when we see the smoke on the roof," sums up the laissez faire attitude of the Nepalese people. Yet...
Michael Kobold
Jun 18, 20191 min read
Shoulders of giants: how the dream almost became reality
A project as ambitious as the fire truck expedition cannot be successful without a team of very talented and dedicated professionals....
Michael Kobold
Jun 18, 20193 min read
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