TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| Sir Edmund Hillary What makes the news of Sir Edmund Hillary’s death so moving was his modesty, the sense of a civilian heroism held in reserve apart from one great moment. nytimes.com |
Up the Mountain Slowly, Very Slowly In the noble footsteps of the Chagga tribe and Michael Crichton, another pilgrim goes manfully up Kilimanjaro, the one big summit a mere mortal can reach on hands and knees. nytimes.com |
Corrections Aug 5 article about deadly climbing accident on Pakistan's K2 summit included picture of wrong mountain query.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 |
Climber Still Seeks Larger Meaning in His Epic Escape Aron Ralston calls it, “my accident.” But when he cut his own hand off six years ago to free himself from an 800-pound boulder, it was the beginning of a new self discovery. nytimes.com |