TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| New Heart’s New Height The heart transplant survivor Kelly Perkins has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago a dangerous climb up a sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park’s famed granite monolith. nytimes.com |
At Least 9 Climbers Die on Pakistan’s K-2 Mountain An avalanche struck the climbers on a gully at a height of nearly 27,000 feet, just below the summit of the world’s second highest peak. nytimes.com |
Icy Climb to the Sky in Summery Yosemite Conquering the 1,200-foot-high Dana Couloir is a summer sport in the Sierra Nevada, but because of climate change, it might not be around much longer. travel.nytimes.com |
Deadly Summit An American climber recounts some of the most dramatic attempts on the peak of K2. nytimes.com |
Little Chance Oregon Climbers Are Alive Authorities say there’s little chance the two missing Mount Hood climbers, Anthony Vietti and Katie Nolan, are alive. nytimes.com |