| 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 |
‘Because It’s There’ Is the Least of Their Reasons As you watch Philipp Stölzl’s gripping survival drama, “North Face,” it is impossible not to put yourself in the boots of its mountaineers. movies.nytimes.com |
To the Top of Europe Mt. Elbrus, Europe's highest peak, has captured the imagination of Europeans for millennia. The thought of conquering it was irresistible. nytimes.com |