TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| On Africa’s Roof, Still Crowned With Snow “I had wanted to climb to the roof of Africa before climate change erased its ice fields and the romance of its iconic ‘Snows of Kilimanjaro’ image.” travel.nytimes.com |
Sir Edmund Hillary What makes the news of Sir Edmund Hillary’s death so moving was his modesty, the sense of a civilian heroism held in reserve apart from one great moment. nytimes.com |
Up the Mountain Slowly, Very Slowly In the noble footsteps of the Chagga tribe and Michael Crichton, another pilgrim goes manfully up Kilimanjaro, the one big summit a mere mortal can reach on hands and knees. nytimes.com |
WORLD BRIEFING | EUROPE; France: Bodies of Climbers Found Bodies of eight climbers are found after avalanche near Mont Blanc in French Alps; because area is prone to avalanches, rescuers say they will not try to recover bodies query.nytimes.com |
In Colorado, Ice Climbers Surmount Legal Hurdles Ice climbing is latest high-risk sport to grow in popularity; in Telluride, Colo, it has just become legal for people to risk their lives climbing 360-foot-high frozen falls at east end of town's box canyon; frozen waterfall was opened to climbers after lengthy negotiations exempted land owner, a mining company, of any liability; ice-climbing enthusiasts acknowledge they are attracted to the risk and danger of the sport; photo nytimes.com |