TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| Ice Climber Dies in Avalanche An ice climber was killed and his partner injured Sunday when an avalanche swept them off the wall of a Mount Washington ravine and they fell 2,000 feet, the authorities said. Thomas Smith, 41 years old, of Montpelier, Vt., was pronounced dead at Androscoggin Hospital in Berlin, Jean McAlister of the Appalachian Mountain Club said. query.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 |
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 |
Climbers Put Everest’s Peak in Perspective Two adventurers with different backgrounds and different goals meet below the windswept summit of the world’s tallest peak. nytimes.com |
Riccardo Cassin, 100, Dies; A Legendary Mountaineer Mr. Cassin scaled hundreds of the world’s most daunting peaks with daring, tenacity and technical brilliance. nytimes.com |