| Livonia, Michigan “Every year we go ice climbing, and I set up the wall to practice here at home.” nytimes.com |
With Luck, a Rocky Landing Rock climbers in the Czech Republic leap from one soaring outcropping to another, risking painful landings or worse, if they miss. nytimes.com |
The Zen of the Rock Yukihiko Ikumori is considered the spiritual godfather of the giant rippled mound near Central Park’s southwest corner. nytimes.com |
2 Britons Die During Peak Ascent in the Alps Trying an ascent of a peak in the Mont Blanc mountain range, Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest, fell to his death with another Briton, James Atkinson. nytimes.com |
WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 3 Mountain Climbers Die Three Japanese mountain climbers are killed while trying to reach summit of Mount Kulagangri, sacred mountain in Tibet query.nytimes.com |