TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| All Peaks, No Valleys Blending the rigors of adventure travel with the fastidiousness of stamp collecting, highpointers seek out the loftiest elevation of every state. travel.nytimes.com |
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. 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 |
Charles S. Houston, Who Led a Failed Himalayan Climb, Dies at 96 Dr. Houston was a mountain climber and an expert on high-altitude medicine whose effort to reach the summit of K-2 ended in the death of one of his team. nytimes.com |
Japanese Climbers Die on Tibet Mountain Three Japanese climbers were killed while on an expedition to reach the summit of a sacred mountain in Tibet. nytimes.com |