| Getting There Is Half the Fun Mark Bowling test shoes for traction and comfort. nytimes.com |
Outside Las Vegas, a Game of Skill Red Rock Canyon, a barren, craggy park half an hour west of Las Vegas, is home to more than 2,000 climbing routes. travel.nytimes.com |
The Descent of Men Mountaineering has become more dangerous as the traditional expeditionary culture, which had emphasized mutual responsibility, gave way to an ethos stressing self-preservation. nytimes.com |
At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek Fred Beckey is a climbing legend, whose past is the stuff of lore, and whose plans are the stuff of mystery. 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 |