Outdoors/Hills news

Celebrated mountaineer found dead in Himalayas - guardian.co.uk

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:43:40 -0800

Celebrated mountaineer found dead in Himalayas
guardian.co.uk
The man considered the greatest mountaineer of his generation, who had been told 10 years ago he would never walk again, was found dead in the ...
Top mountaineer killed in Nepal's Himalayas AFP
Famed climber dies on Nepal peak BBC News
Humar Dead In Nepal OUTDOORSmagic
The Associated Press - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription) - Himalayan Times
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Elite mountaineer took on Everest peak - Sydney Morning Herald

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:49 -0800

Telegraph.co.uk

Elite mountaineer took on Everest peak
Sydney Morning Herald
In Yugoslavia, mountaineering was a highly regulated activity. No one could afford to climb abroad without club support, especially if they had a young ...
Tomaz Humar Telegraph.co.uk

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Scaling the 'savage mountain' - Squamish Chief

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:07:13 -0800

Scaling the 'savage mountain'
Squamish Chief
Don Bowie, who braved the 'savage mountain' to summit K2 without the aid of supplemental oxygen, shares his adventure with Squamish audiences Wednesday (Nov ...

Lino Lacedelli goodbye - Planetmountain

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:31:03 -0800

Lino Lacedelli goodbye
Planetmountain
In 1954 the member of the famous Scoiattoli mountaineering club became the first person to reach the summit of K2, together with Achille Compagnoni. ...

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Mountaineering school readies new climbers - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:02:06 -0800

Mountaineering school readies new climbers
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Najera, 29, of Shadyside, is a student in the Explorer's Club of Pittsburgh's annual mountaineering school. Part of their training involves climbing the 36 ...

Challenges remain to cut mountain of debt down to size - Scotsman

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:04 -0800

Challenges remain to cut mountain of debt down to size
Scotsman
Is Scotland's mountain of personal debt starting to erode? Are people getting to grips with their finances? Are borrowers sniffing the macro-economic winds ...

'I'm trapped. I've told mountain rescue but they said I'm not a priority ... - Scotsman

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:01 -0800

'I'm trapped. I've told mountain rescue but they said I'm not a priority ...
Scotsman
I've been in contact with mountain rescue, but I'm not a priority because I'm fit and healthy. rescue boats going up and down the street. ...

Everest - Mount Everest by climbers, news

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:19:22 -0800

The Circuit Bouldering Gym

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:46:51 -0800

Office bouldering =)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:38:18 -0800

All Climbing — Blogging on climbing, bouldering, mountaineering, and ...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:37:22 -0800

Bouldering offers a leg up to kids building confidence - The Tennessean

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:54:42 -0800

Bouldering offers a leg up to kids building confidence
The Tennessean
No one had ever completed this bouldering route before. For Karl, it was a first ascent, even if he had never gotten more than eight feet off the ground. ...

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Rock walls: climb every fiberglass mountain - Reuters

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:07:12 -0800

Reuters

Rock walls: climb every fiberglass mountain
Reuters
"It's not dangerous but exciting," co-founder Lance Pinn said of bouldering. "The floor has padding and our mats are so soft it's like stepping into a ...

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Angela's Adventures: Bouldering - KTVQ-TV

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:54:32 -0800

Angela's Adventures: Bouldering
KTVQ-TV
But with bouldering that's not the case. "Rock climbing with ropes and what not is fun, but you're rarely ever pushing your limit that way, you're trying to ...

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Intramurals introduces bouldering - Washburn Review

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:41:37 -0700

Intramurals introduces bouldering
Washburn Review
And each year, it adds new ones including the rock wall bouldering contest, taking place at the SRWC from 4pm - 8 pm, Nov. 9-12. John Cummings, SRWC program ...

Climbing World Cup Lead 2009 won by Johanna Ernst and Adam Ondra - Planetmountain

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:57:39 -0800

Climbing World Cup Lead 2009 won by Johanna Ernst and Adam Ondra
Planetmountain
In London the 17 year old placed third, behind the extremely stron Slovenian Mina Markovic and the winner of the 2009 Bouldering World Cup Akiyo Noguchi ...