| 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 |
GEAR TEST WITH JESSE GRUPPER, ROCK CLIMBER; Practice Your Scales Rock climber Jesse Grupper, age 10, tests indoor rock-climbing shoes for children; photos query.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 |
A Boulder-Climbing Paradise, Where Sacredness Meets Sport To far-flung devotees of the intensely physical rock-climbing style known as bouldering, Hueco Tanks, Tex., is known for the grandeur and challenge it offers. nytimes.com |