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

"I work out a lot, especially doing arm exercises, treadmill, and biking for an hour daily. Of course, those energetic dance sessions are a surefire way to maintain the shape"

By Patrick Masahud, Web Producer Published: May 08, 2008, 00:09 Ultimate Filipino beach babe Rachel Lobangco can still turn heads and stop traffic. via Gulfnews

"I'm so grateful that the shots are so amazing with the visual effects, I can't believe that they created this world around us"

For the lack of better words, actor Emile Hirsch feels the need for Speed. Fresh off his critically acclaimed role in the adventure drama "Into the Wild," Hirsch has ditched his hiking boots for a seat in the ... via WPLG

"Mount Saint Mary College is by far the best college in the Hudson Valley. The quality of education, staffing and course selection is fantastic. They..."

It's time to dust off your hiking boots and get ready to explore. On Saturday, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will open its Discovery Quest trails for the 2008 season at the museum's Outdoor Discovery Center on ... via RecordOnline.com

"He was a quiet man, but you could tell he was very passionate about works of art and pictures"

Ten works of art from one of the world's major private collections amassed by the late philanthropist Gustav Rau are to go on sale at Sotheby's in July, the auctioneer said on Friday. via Reuters UK

Posted by Susan J. Demas May 02, 2008 05:05AM During last year's budget crisis, we were promised a good, old-fashioned taxpayer rebellion, complete with pitchfork-waving citizens storming the Capitol to impale ... via MLive.com

Mexico's largest human-rights agency has produced a comic book to encourage people from illegally crossing the border. via Q95.com

"I just pointed him back to campus from my house. That was the last we saw of him"

A scenic New York college campus has become the center of an air and ground search after the disappearance of one of their students from St. via KAAL

Tears welled in my eyes twice while hiking some of the most beautiful landscapes on the planet - once in mid-wretch gag and once in awe-struck wonder. via PR-inside.com

"There are times when we just have to stop thinking about convenience and go back to the basics. "The problem with us is that we are too pampered"

Story and picture by GRACE CHEN Two retired army officers are having the time of their life roughing it in the outdoors. via The Star Online

Alison Handmer and her family accept the ultimate packing challenge on a long trip: cabin baggage only. via The Age