A Michigan man is hospitalized in good condition after falling about 80 feet while he was climbing with a friend in Boulder County. via KJCT

New Delhi News.Net Wednesday 7th May, 2008 Over 200 mountaineers including an NRI woman will participate in a national level mountain climbing contest to be held at Girnar mountain May 10 here. via New Delhi News.Net

"The framework was to be erected first, and the residences conceived and built by the inhabitants inserted into the voids of the structure."

In what would merely have been an article about camping equipment in almost any other situation, revamped Italian architecture magazine Abitare recently took a fascinating look at portable mountain climbing ... via BLDGBLOG

Johan Jaaffar: Adnan and his Beijing dream By : Johan Jaaffar AN article in one of the newspapers dated April 26, 1991, had this heading: "Teacher kicks smoking and takes up running". Adnan Osman was a ... via New Straits Times

"Without changing the royalty for the Spring season, we have cut royalties by 50 per cent for autumn and 75 per cent for monsoon and winter seasons"

Nepal has slashed fees for expeditions attempting to climb popular peaks in the Nepalese Himalayas during the off season and completely waived royalties for lesser peaks, media reports said Thursday. via Earth Times

Recent Links also in Middle East & North Africa>> Khbarnegar Osoolgara has published a photo of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iranian Leader,in mountain. via Global Voices Online

"Rescuers scoured the waters off Brazil's southern Atlantic Coast yesterday looking for a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after floating into the sky strapped to hundreds of helium-filled party balloons. via The Toronto Star

"We provide hope. There is hope that you can find your loved one even though the authorities are not able to"

After losing their son in a mountain climbing accident, a Stillwater family is now helping other families of missing persons. via KSAX

"It's dangerous rockclimbing unless you have proper equipment and proper ropes"

Two teens who were stuck in the ravines of Scarborough Bluffs are happy to be safely home after a thrilling afternoon rescue effort today. via The Toronto Star

"It was far too easy and went far too quickly"

Guards at a prison in Malmo have come in for sharp criticism after a mountain climbing detainee managed to scale the jail wall and make good his escape in January this year. via The Local - Sweden's News in English