TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| Seeing Everest as the Tallest A.T.M. in the World Why climb Everest? Because it pays to do so, according to Conrad Anker, a mountaineer who is also planning to put three boys through college. nytimes.com |
Rock Climber Presumed Dead After Accident Off Irish Coast Michael Reardon, an internationally renowned rock climber who climbed without a rope or safety equipment, is presumed dead after he was swept away by a wave Friday off the coast of Ireland. nytimes.com |
Ice Climber Dies in Avalanche An ice climber was killed and his partner injured Sunday when an avalanche swept them off the wall of a Mount Washington ravine and they fell 2,000 feet, the authorities said. Thomas Smith, 41 years old, of Montpelier, Vt., was pronounced dead at Androscoggin Hospital in Berlin, Jean McAlister of the Appalachian Mountain Club said. nytimes.com |
WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 3 Mountain Climbers Die Three Japanese mountain climbers are killed while trying to reach summit of Mount Kulagangri, sacred mountain in Tibet query.nytimes.com |
In Malibu, a Rock Scene Where Hollywood Cameras Roll The Santa Monica Mountains, which made cameos in “M*A*S*H,” “Iron Man” and “Tarzan Escapes,” offer hundreds of rock-climbing routes. travel.nytimes.com |