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In Colorado, Ice Climbers Surmount Legal Hurdles
Ice climbing is latest high-risk sport to grow in popularity; in Telluride, Colo, it has just become legal for people to risk their lives climbing 360-foot-high frozen falls at east end of town's box canyon; frozen waterfall was opened to climbers after lengthy negotiations exempted land owner, a mining company, of any liability; ice-climbing enthusiasts acknowledge they are attracted to the risk and danger of the sport; photo
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Nepal Puts Everest Off Limits During China’s Olympic Torch Relay in May
Both routes to the world’s highest peak are scheduled to be off limits this spring, as Beijing strives to inaugurate the summer Olympic Games free of pro-Tibetan protests.
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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.
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GEAR TEST WITH JESSE GRUPPER, ROCK CLIMBER; Practice Your Scales
Rock climber Jesse Grupper, age 10, tests indoor rock-climbing shoes for children; photos
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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.
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