| Rock Climber Presumed Dead After Accident Off Irish Coast Michael Reardon, an internationally renowned rock climber who climbed without a rope or safety equipment, is presumed dead after he was swept away by a wave Friday off the coast of Ireland. nytimes.com |
Wyoming: Falling Rock Kills School Director The Rocky Mountain director of the National Outdoor Leadership School, Pete Absolon, died in a climbing accident. nytimes.com |
4 Fall to Deaths Near Mont Blanc A Dutch woman watched her husband and three children fall to their deaths on Thursday while they were climbing near Europe’s highest peak, Italian rescuers said. nytimes.com |
For Rock-Climbing Guru, the Sky Is His Roof Charles Victor Tucker III, the harmless and stoned jester of the mountains to some and the scourge of Yosemite National Park to others, is better known as Chongo, a rock climber who wrote books on physics and now sleeps under a tractor-trailer. nytimes.com |
Getting a Goat’s View of Sardinia’s East Coast The best way to see the ruggedly gorgeous coast of the Orosei Gulf is by hiking a little known trail, lined with limestone cliffs and isolated beaches. travel.nytimes.com |