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Provisions: Great climbs and dry duds
| READ | • Book: "Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs" | www.patagonia.com, $79.95, 350 pages | The climbing legend, well into his 80s, provides the inside scoop on his favorite climbing spots, including Bastille Buttress at Lone Pine Peak in the Sierr...Full Story
Home-grown trio conquer Everest JAYESH THAKER Jamshedpur, May 26: Three climbers from Jharkhand reached an ...
Home-grown trio conquer Everest | JAYESH THAKER | Jamshedpur, May 26: Three climbers from Jharkhand reached an enviable height of success today. | Rajendra Singh Pal (53), Meghlal Mahto (30) and Binita Soren (25) scaled the Mt Everest summit early this morning, one year...Full Story
UPDATE: Rescue crews rope man to safety in Blodgett Peak drama
| A high-angle drama lasted nearly two hours before rescue crews reached a climber clinging to a tree branch on Blodgett Peak Saturday. | Rescuers were called to the peak just after 2:30 p.m. when hikers reported spotting a climber in trouble on the side of the 9,423-fo...Full Story
  Everest 2012 Climbing Season Ends, 150 Summit Friday And Saturday
Posted: May 26, 2012 | Mt. Everest climbing season has officially ended, with 240 successful summits, and six deaths in five days. About 150 people reached the summit on Friday Saturday alone, despite warnings of a possible bottleneck in the death zone (above 8,000 mete...Full Story
Stranded climber roped down to safety in Colorado Springs
| COLORADO SPRINGS — A high-flying drama lasted nearly two hours before rescue crews reached a climbing clinging to a tree branch on Blodgett Peak saturday. | Rescuers were called to the peak just after 2:30 p.m. when hikers reported spotting a climber i...Full Story
BREAKING NEWS: Rescuers headed to Blodgett Peak
| Colorado Springs firefighters have been called to Blodgett Peak, where a hiker has slipped, according to emergency radio traffic. | Reports said climber fell at the 6,500 foot level. Firefighters and search and rescue crews were rushing to help. | Blodgett Peak is in ...Full Story
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Sat 26 May 2012
Dubai-based climber returns after scaling Mount Everest
Khaleej Times DUBAI - In just a matter of days Atte Miettinen has gone from standing at the summit of the world's tallest mountain to staring up at the world's tallest building. | The Dubai-based climber reached the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, May 19. By Wed...
Everest Climb Successful, Despite Crowds, Unrelenting Winds
National Geographic News | "Well, we did it." | Speaking from the slopes of Everest, a tired Mark Jenkins reported success Friday after climbing the world's tallest peak with a National Geographic-The North Face expedition. | "All five of us ... summited Mount Everest" despi...
150 climbers scale Everest including Prachanda's s
Zeenews Kathmandu: The big rush to the Everest continued for the second day on Saturday with a total of 150 climbers making it to the top of the world, including the son of Nepalese Maoist chief Prachanda and four Indians. | Prakash Dahal, 27, reached atop t...
Climbers Crowd Mount Everest Despite Deadly Week
Chosunilbo | Several climbers are heading for Mount Everest's summit, despite concerns of overcrowding after four deaths last week. | Many are trying to take advantage of what is seen as the last weekend of good weather to reach the 8,850 meter summit. | Offici...
Why climbers continue to feel Mount Everest's allure
BBC News The world's tallest mountain has claimed four more lives but such tragedies make no dent in the increasing number of people attempting its ascent. | The enormously powerful winds that blast Mount Everest relent for just a few weeks every spring....
Fri 25 May 2012
At 73, oldest woman to climb Everest says reaching summit finally made her feel old
Star Tribune | KATMANDU, Nepal - The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend. | Tamae Watanabe, 73, beat her own age record for an Everest climb by a woman set 10 years ago...
Climber, 73, says summiting Everest finally made her feel old
Colorado Springs Gazette | KATHMANDU, Nepal - The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said Friday she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend. | Tamae Watanabe, 73, beat her own age record for an Everest climb by a woman set 10 y...
Weather keeps Golden climbers from Everest, but not worthy cause
Colorado Springs Gazette | Jake Norton, part of an expedition attempting the West Ridge of Everest, emailed a note saying the group could not make the summit. | He asked that everyone remember one of the reasons he was climbing, however: making sure people around the world h...
Conditions on Everest too much for Golden climbers to continue
Denver Post | A week after four died on Mount Everest, two climbers from Golden have abandoned their goal to climb the mountain's West Ridge because conditions on the mountain are so dangerous. | Charley Mace and Jake Norton were attempting to re-trace the steps...
Peloton nears Alps climb steeped in history of pain
Canberra Times | Even more hard work to come ... the peloton earlier in the week riding from Falzes to Cortina D'ampezzo. Photo: Reuters | VEDELAGO, Italy: Roberto Damiani smiles when asked what is special about the Passo dello Stelvio, the most fabled climb in cyc...
Climber, 73, finally felt old at summit of Everest
The Guardian | KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said Friday she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend. | Tamae Watanabe, 73, beat her own age record for an Everest climb by a woman se...
How Mount Everest Warps Climbers' Minds
Business Insider | Four climbers were killed last weekend on their way down from the top of Mount Everest. | Their deaths, in part, are being blamed on a "traffic jam" as roughly 150 climbers looking to take advantage of a short window of clear weather scrambled to s...
Mt. Everest climber skips summit to rescue fellow hiker 
New York Daily News | ISTANBUL (AP) -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother to him. | Nadav Ben-Yehuda, who was climbing ...
Climber, 73, Finally Felt Old At Summit Of Everest
National Public Radio | KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The oldest woman to climb Mount Everest said Friday she finally felt she had gotten old when she scaled the world's highest peak last weekend. | Tamae Watanabe, 73, beat her own age record for an Everest climb by a woman se...
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