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An "experienced climber" from New York died after falling 300 to 400 feet while hiking a mountain in Colorado, authorities said. Herbert "Hal" Wise, 53, was hiking the Rock of Ages trail in Wilson ...
The Rochester, New York, resident, 53, was described as “an experienced climber,” who was on a solo hiking trip along “the Rock of Ages trail and, while ascending, fell approximately 300-400 ...
A woman died Saturday after falling while climbing near the summit of Capitol Peak in Colorado, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said. The hiker, a Denver resident, was not publicly identified.
Stammberger disappeared in October 1975 while scouting an expedition of Tirich Mir in Pakistan. A 1977 expedition was made by his climbing companions to find Stammberger. [7] Stammberger's widow, Janice Pennington received military intelligence that Stammberger had joined the mujahideen and died in the early 1980s in Afghanistan. The CIA may ...
Fox was the "first American woman to climb three mountains at altitudes of 8,000 meters or higher", according to The Washington Post, who also said that Fox was "the first American woman to summit the 8,000-meter Gasherbrum II in Pakistan in 1994 — which Fox once said in an interview with Rock and Ice was her most important expedition — and then Cho Oyu in 1995."
Charles Snead Houston [note 1] (August 24, 1913 – September 27, 2009) was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator.
A Boulder, Colorado, woman died Sunday while free solo climbing a ridge at Rocky Mountain National Park — and falling approximately 500 feet. The 26-year-old was found on Ypsilon Mountain at the ...
Neal Jay Beidleman is an American mountaineer and climbing guide, known for surviving the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. [1] After the disaster, Beidleman's stories were featured on the U.S. television news show Nightline and PBS's Frontline, in which his decisions and patience were credited for likely saving the lives of himself and several other less-experienced climbers along the Kangshung ...