Mountain Climbing News

THEY were facing an uphill struggle trying to get the new gear they needed to open up opportunities to young people.

A suspected burglar who tried to elude officers by using mountain-climbing gear was arrested early Thursday in southeast Fresno, police said.

FRIENDS of a popular Cirencester barber who died following a car crash have paid tribute to her a boundless energy and enthusiasma .

Many ice climbs in Colorado are close to the road and have short approaches that take no more than a half hour.

In 1981, Stephen Tait witnessed the horrific death of two friends who fell down a hole in a glacier while on an expedition of Antarctica.

In this undated file photo released by the Alpine Club of Pakistan , Slovenian climber Tomaz Humar, 36, climbs mountains in northern Pakistan.

Mountains are majestic works of God-inspired art that cover a fifth of the earth's land.

Staff of Stanbic Bank Ghana, customers of the Bank and staff of some corporate bodies will on Saturday November 14th 2009, embark on a special mountain climbing expedition on the Akwapem Ridge.

" 7th Krakow Mountain Film Festival. /Version eng-pl/ 6 views 0 Recommendations add comment Mark your calendars! 4th to 6th December 2009 in Krakow, Poland.

Think you've had it tough? Warren Macdonald climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro - without legs.

THIRSTY adventurers who down a pint at Kendal Mountain Festival will help swell the coffers of the local rescue team.

Austrian wildlife is fascinatingly hardy and diverse. While you probably have some idea of Austria's culture, its famous culinary goods and ideal climate for skiing and mountain-climbing, many people overlook the relatively unobtrusive detail of Austrian wildlife.

Vienna. Fewer people were killed in Austrian mountains this year, new figures show.

Mark Wellman, a nationally acclaimed author, filmmaker and motivational speaker will be the Squaw Valley Institute's "Toast to Tahoe Skiing" keynote speaker.

Daniel Arnold grew up in Portland and cut his rock-climbing teeth at Broughton Bluff and Smith Rock, but once he moved to California and saw the Sierra Nevada, it was all over.

Mountain climbing is their passion, but land conservation and climbing preservation and advocacy are their missions.

This yeara s Fansipan mountain climbing competition, part of the a oeBack to Origina tourism program launched by the northern province of Lao Cai, has been renamed a oeFansipan Exploring Itinerary 2009a and takes place from October 29 to November 1. Participants can choose between two 25km-long routes for the challenge.

When the J.D. Floyd PTA set out to raise money, adults decided to try to get the kids moving - for their own good.

Kevin Bains, operations manager of the Boulder Rock Club, holds one of the recalled auto-belay descenders at the Boulder gym on Wednesday afternoon.

In an epochal 30-day experiment the Navy "climbed" two men "higher" than Mt. Everesta 'without oxygen.