TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
| |||
|
| |||
| |||
|
| |||
| When a Mountaintop Might as Well Have Been the Moon When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide, stood on the summit of Mount Everest, it seems as if they were making the last “giant leap for mankind” of pre-space-age generations. nytimes.com |
A Mountaineer Who Defined the Notion of Heroic Explorer There may be something almost nostalgic in our celebration of a “heroic explorer.” nytimes.com |
2 Britons Die During Peak Ascent in the Alps Trying an ascent of a peak in the Mont Blanc mountain range, Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest, fell to his death with another Briton, James Atkinson. 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 |