| 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 query.nytimes.com |
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 |
His Perennial Plea: Just Let Us Climb In New Jersey, an advocate for rock climbers has been pressing the state to allow more access and drop certain restrictions. nytimes.com |
Outdoor Photographer Battles Brain Trauma Bobby Model, an accomplished rock climber and professional photographer who has covered outdoor adventures throughout the world, is recovering at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after sustaining severe brain trauma when a rock crashed through his truck’s windshield in South Africa on June 7. nytimes.com |
9 Climbers Reported Dead After Avalanche on K2 An avalanche struck the climbers on a gully at a height of nearly 27,000 feet, just below the summit of the world’s second-highest peak. nytimes.com |