Topic: Climbing
Getty Images | 2010-01-20 16:23:10
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 20: Sam Bosanquet prepares to scale the 8m high ice wall located in a giant freezer at the rear of the Ellis Brigham mountain sports retailer in Covent Garden on January 20, 2010 in London, England. The ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-21 07:11:20
A group of top Nepalese climbers is planning a high-risk expedition to clean up Everest, concerned at the toll that decades of mountaineering has taken on the world's highest peak. The 20 climbers, led by seven-time Everest summiteer Namgyal Sherpa, will brave thin oxygen and temperatures well below freezing to clear more than two tonnes of rubbish discarded by ...
isnare | 2009-12-26 11:14:07
Ever wondered what the world looks like from Everest Base Camp? In the last sixty years only a few thousand people have been able to look down on the world from Everest?s peak, but access to the camp below is not restricted only to Sherpas and mountaineers with ambitions of reaching the summit. Adventurous holidaymakers can visit this historic ...
AP News | 2009-12-14 21:34:11
Teri Preiss, right, aunt to missing climber Anthony Vietti, is hugged by Portland Mountain Rescue team leader Steve Rollins at Timberline Lodge in Government Camp, Ore., Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Weather conditions improved early in the day allowing searchers a ...
