added 2007 Wed May 30 13:15:17 by pagey
EVEREST BASE CAMP, Tibet - To reach the summit of Mount Everest, climbers must ascend through a field of corpses - the bodies of climbers who didn't get off the mountain safely. Frozen solid, the dead climbers are too heavy to remove easily from the treacherous high slopes. Some perch eerily on rocks; others lie stiff in caves.
EVEREST BASE CAMP, Tibet - To reach the summit of Mount Everest, climbers must ascend through a field of corpses - the bodies of climbers who didn't get off the mountain safely. Frozen solid, the dead climbers are too heavy to remove easily from the treacherous high slopes. Some perch eerily on rocks; others lie stiff in caves.
added 2007 Sun May 13 8:24:19 by TechnologyExpert
Searchers headed for Mount Hood late Saturday after five climbers were reported missing. The climbers apparently departed from the Timberline Lodge area and became trapped at the 9,800-foot level after heavy snow moved in, according to a Clackamas County official.
Searchers headed for Mount Hood late Saturday after five climbers were reported missing. The climbers apparently departed from the Timberline Lodge area and became trapped at the 9,800-foot level after heavy snow moved in, according to a Clackamas County official.
added 2007 Sat Apr 7 19:25:25 by corey.spring
Mountaineers are bringing back firsthand accounts of vanishing glaciers, melting ice routes, crumbling rock formations and flood-prone lakes where glaciers once rose.
Mountaineers are bringing back firsthand accounts of vanishing glaciers, melting ice routes, crumbling rock formations and flood-prone lakes where glaciers once rose.
added 2007 Mon Feb 19 22:03:16 by STONERS
Three climbers stranded on Mount Hood after a fall were rescued Monday after spending the night amid ferocious winds and blowing snow.
Three climbers stranded on Mount Hood after a fall were rescued Monday after spending the night amid ferocious winds and blowing snow.
