| 8 Feared Dead in Avalanche in French Alps “There’s no chance of finding anyone alive,” the French interior minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, said while visiting the area. nytimes.com |
The Mountain and Mother Nature At 6,288 feet, New Hampshire’s Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeast, but its weather can make it seem almost Himalayan. travel.nytimes.com |
A Climb to Conquer Two Obstacles A trek to the top of Mount Kenya fosters camaraderie among people who have known the painful costs of ethnic conflict. 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 |
Deadly Summit An American climber recounts some of the most dramatic attempts on the peak of K2. nytimes.com |