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Professional alpine climber Michael Gardner has died at age 32 following a fall. Gardner and his longtime climbing partner, Sam Hennessey, were trekking up the Jannu East Mountain in Nepal on ...
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The 14,137-foot mountain is one of Colorado’s “most difficult” climbs, officials say. Climber falls 900 feet to her death when rock gives way on Colorado peak, sheriff says Skip to main content
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."
Derek Hersey (right) and friends making PBJ sandwiches, Yosemite Valley, California Hersey's business card Hersey bouldering in Zion. Derek Geoffrey Hersey (26 October 1956 – 28 May 1993) was a British rock climber who specialized in free soloing, and was for many years an active participant in the Boulder, Colorado climbing scene in the United States.
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 ...
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 ...
Jack Roberts (May 29, 1952 – January 15, 2012) was an American rock and ice climber. Roberts had climbed in Alaska, South America, and Europe in addition to the continental United States. [1] He wrote on climbing and published the ice climbing guide Colorado Ice.