| Why'd He Climb to the Top? They Told Him Not To I am an athletic and professional rarity a semiprofessional ice climber. My job description reads: "Find the wildest, steepest, craziest ice on the planet. Climb it." nytimes.com |
KILIMANJARO MEMORIES David H Lewis letter on January 20 article on climbing Mount Kilimanjaro query.nytimes.com |
900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down Dean Potter, one of the world’s top climbers, has been trying for weeks to cross the Hell Roaring Canyon on a rope with no tether 900 feet above a dry riverbed in Utah. 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 |
Afghan Climber Aims for Top of Everest Nadjib Sirat is well aware of the risks he will face in climbing Mount Everest, but he says he is doing it for a cause. nytimes.com |