TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| 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. query.nytimes.com |
Hit the Heights, but Take the Stairs Climbing with fixed cables is a quick way, if not the purists’ way, for novices to experience the exhilaration of the climb. travel.nytimes.com |
China: Body of U.S. Climber Recovered Rescuers recovered the body of a second climber on Monday after an avalanche buried a team of three American mountaineers in southwestern China last week. nytimes.com |
Climbers Put Everest’s Peak in Perspective Two adventurers with different backgrounds and different goals meet below the windswept summit of the world’s tallest peak. nytimes.com |
Riccardo Cassin, 100, Dies; A Legendary Mountaineer Mr. Cassin scaled hundreds of the world’s most daunting peaks with daring, tenacity and technical brilliance. nytimes.com |