TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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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. nytimes.com |
The Higher They Climb The story of a man driven to conquer Everest, and a view of the mountain’s transformation since his death there. nytimes.com |
On Africa’s Roof, Still Crowned With Snow “I had wanted to climb to the roof of Africa before climate change erased its ice fields and the romance of its iconic ‘Snows of Kilimanjaro’ image.” travel.nytimes.com |
At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek Fred Beckey is a climbing legend, whose past is the stuff of lore, and whose plans are the stuff of mystery. 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 |