TOP 100 CLIMBING SITES
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| Where Waterfalls Freeze, There’s a Path to the Top Ice climbing in California sounds a bit like surfing in North Dakota, but frozen waterfalls in the Sierra can become a shining vertical playground in winter. 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 |
Lino Lacedelli Dies at 83; One of First to Scale K2 Mr. Lacedelli was one of the first two climbers to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second highest peak and among the most treacherous. nytimes.com |
American Boy Is Youngest to Scale Everest Thirteen-year-old Jordan Romero, who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa when he was 10, reached the summit of Mount Everest on Saturday. nytimes.com |
Rep. Maloney’s Husband Dies on Tibet Trek Clifton H. W. Maloney, 71, went to sleep in a base camp after reaching the summit of the Himalayan peak Cho Oyu and never woke up, according to a statement. nytimes.com |