| ON YOUR OWN; Adventure Time on the Rocks LEAD: TO imagine what it is like to be an ice climber, think of yourself perched along the face of a frozen waterfall. Picture the waterfall as a cascade of glass chandeliers overhanging a rock wall. You are picking your way up slowly. In your hand is an ice hammer, and a piton or ice screw for securing a belay rope to the top. query.nytimes.com |
Hailed, From Everest to Park Avenue Though more drawn to mountaintops than to city lights, Sir Edmund Hillary is remembered in New York. nytimes.com |
Free-Solo Climber Prefers the Unencumbered Ascent Michael Reardon is the leader of a group of free soloists in Southern California that he calls the Outlaws. nytimes.com |
Dads and Daughters Scale the Gunks in Upstate New York Three friends, all 47, and their teenage daughters go for a day of rock climbing at the Shawangunk Ridge. nytimes.com |
Indian Rock Park This rugged 1.18 acre park, three blocks above the commerce of Solano Avenue, serves both relaxed visitors and serious mountain climbers. nytimes.com |