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Adventure Travel To Armenia As It Kicks Off Climbing Festival
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:22:04 GMT

Armenia, which recently has made headlines as an adventure travel destination because of numerous mountains and cheap prices yesterday started it's first international mountain climbing festival called Arev.

Mighty Mayo Mountain Challenge
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:16:08 GMT

COULD you climb the three highest peaks in Mayo Mweelrea, Croagh Patrick and Nephin in one day? Well, if yes is your answer then here's your chance to prove it.

If there's a mountain, climb it
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:55:49 GMT

Many people try to start businesses. And there are those who try to climb mountains.

Mountain Climbing: Pelister
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:17:23 GMT

Location In the South of Europe, on the Balkan, in Macedonia, a small country with lots of mountains with great beauthiful landscapes.

Ready to ride: Brentwood boys, cousin trek across America on bikes
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:14:01 GMT

After going only 1,100 miles of the approximately 4,400 planned over 18 days, they had to put their trip on hold for a few days due to illness, but Brentwood residents Jay and Sam Wilcox and their cousin Ben Wilcox from the suburbs of Chicago plan to be back on the road Saturday to complete their bicycle ride across America.

Teen Becomes Youngest to Set Mountain-Climbing Record
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:52 GMT

When Johnny Strange climbed the 29,035 feet of Mt. Everest, he not only reached the highest point in the world, he scaled the tallest peak on his sixth continent.

Tacoma Climbing Teacher Falls During Mt. Baker Climb
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:07:49 GMT

A Tacoma mountain climbing teacher is in the hospital after a fall during a climb on Mt.

Mountain-climbing sailor survives by wits, luck
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:50:14 GMT

BREMERTON, Wash. a ' Chris Bruce had no trouble climbing Mount Adams. Getting down was another story.

Horsebytes: Letter VII - Long's Peak
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:56:39 GMT

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Andrew Swanson 'the real deal'
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:53:52 GMT

Andrew Swanson's casket is removed from First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, where Thursday services were held for the 36-year-old Mankato physician.

RepriseMe: Number 26 - Sara Wiezorek - Manager, Business Development
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:29:08 GMT

A Welcome to Number 26 in our continuing series profiling the men and women who put the extra coat of shellac on the woodworking class project that is Reprise Media .

Boulder's newest gym unites climbing and fitness
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:23:57 GMT

Donell Humphrey, assistant manager of Boulder's new Movement Climbing and Fitness gym, applies texturing to a climbing wall at the 2845 Valmont Road complex, which is set to open July 25.

Brit climber falls to death in Italy
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:01:00 GMT

A BRITISH woman who extended her mountain climbing holiday by a DAY fell 300ft to her death just hours before she was due to fly home.

Young athletes participate in rock climbing competition
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:29:36 GMT

Young athletes competed in Southwest Divisional, the state's largest indoor rock climbing contest, Saturday in Harker Heights.

Services: International Mountain Climbing School
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:25:07 GMT

International Mountain Climbing School offers mountaineering courses in rock and ice climbing.

San Mateo County man climbing Mount Rainier to raise money for diabetes outreach
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:02:20 GMT

Almost one year ago to the day, weather forecasts were potentially treacherous on Washington's Mount Rainier when a Menlo Park man attempted to reach its highest peak to raise money for diabetes outreach in San Mateo County.

2 Mount McKinley climbers fall to their deaths
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:48:20 GMT

Two experienced climbers fell more than 2,000 feet to their deaths on Alaska's Mount McKinley, raising this year's death toll on the mountain to four, officials said Friday.

Climbing ... Major Phil takes a break
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:45:19 GMT

HERO Phil Packer is writing an exclusive blog for The Sun so we can track his progress.

Mountaineer to be laid to rest
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:35:31 GMT

MOUNTAINEER Mick Parker will be farewelled at his funeral in Melbourne today. Parker, 36, died in Nepal last Thursday, June 4, two weeks after scaling Makalu, the world's fifth-highest mountain, without the aid of oxygen.

Everest climb remains a mystery
Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:33:52 GMT

It's one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries: Did George Mallory and formner Shrewsbury School pupil Andrew Irvine conquer Everest in 1924? Somewhere high on the slopes of Everest lies the undiscovered body of a former Shropshire schoolboy whose remains may yield proof that he was the first person to conquer the world's highest peak.


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