| Argentina: Two Climbers Die on Aconcagua Two climbers, an Italian and an Argentine guide, died when a storm trapped them just below the summit of Mount Aconcagua. nytimes.com |
Climber Still Seeks Larger Meaning in His Epic Escape Aron Ralston calls it, “my accident.” But when he cut his own hand off six years ago to free himself from an 800-pound boulder, it was the beginning of a new self discovery. nytimes.com |
China: Body of U.S. Climber Recovered Rescuers recovered the body of a second climber on Monday after an avalanche buried a team of three American mountaineers in southwestern China last week. nytimes.com |
‘Julie & Julia’ for the Rugged: Tracing a Fatal Everest Trek “The Wildest Dream,” a documentary scheduled for release next spring, tracks a mountaineer’s attempt to mirror an ill-fated 1924 climbing expedition on Mount Everest. nytimes.com |
‘Because It’s There’ Is the Least of Their Reasons As you watch Philipp Stölzl’s gripping survival drama, “North Face,” it is impossible not to put yourself in the boots of its mountaineers. movies.nytimes.com |