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 |
Risking the Taliban to Confront the Deadliest of Peaks, K2
A dispatch from the base camp of K2, where even death-defying mountain climbers feel daunted by the turmoil in Pakistan below. 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 |
Korean Is First Woman to Scale 14 Highest Peaks
South Korea reacted with pride after Oh Eun-sun reached the summit of Annapurna in Nepal. nytimes.com |