Since our "We're Back" announcement in late August that certain assets of MountainZone.com have been purchased from bankruptcy proceedings, the response from our audience has been overwhelming. More than a thousand emails were received in the weeks following our announcement (click here for the story), some of which are reprinted below. To our readers we express our thanks that you have stayed with us, and pledge our commitment to continue in the tradition of excellence in mountain sports reporting.

Your return is a welcome relief. Tell us what we can do to keep you in business. Regards

Bob Dowling

I am delighted to see you back again and heartened by your commitment to quality and your focus on goals. Reminds me of the fortitude it takes to scale any of the 8,000 meter peaks! Work hard and success will be yours.

Katie Beery
Not a climber but always intrigued by it!

It is great to see you back online. I have missed all the stories and photos from the high country. Fortunately for us readers, MountainZone has the determination to continue the expedition in the face of adversity and return home.

Charles de la Motte

Great to have you all back and flying solo again!

Bruce Norris

Welcome back, I've missed you.

Charles R. Bell

Dear Sir

Dropped in to check out the latest on mountaineering's longest-running story and could not find any update.

What about plans to find Irvine's body ?...... and that camera? I hope that Mountainzone has not let BBC make all the running...!!

best regards from the UK,
john brewer

Having just read Dave Hahn's article on this spring's Mallory and Irvine expedition I presume that no trace was found of Andrew Irvine and that other concerns became more paramount?

Are there any more plans to search for Irvine in the future,or is this considered somewhat futile now?

Thanks for the excellent book and TV show from the 1999 expedition--a truly moving experience. Like many others I have been fascinated by the Mallory and Irvine story since I was a young child. My interest was stimulated by my late grandmother who lived with the sister of Howard Somervell, whose autograph I still have.

Thanks again for your reverent and brave efforts.

yours
Richard Duerden

We here at The Explorers Journal are delighted to see you back.

We would also like to add your staff to our mailing list for The Explorers Journal, the official quarterly of the Explorers Club in New York.

Angela M.H. Schuster
Editor
The Explorers Journal
46 East 70th St.
New York, NY 10021

Good to have you guys back. You rock. Lets get back the Auctions. It's why I checked your site every day.
Archie

— MountainZone.com Staff