News - Powered by Yahoo NewsMan arrested for climbing Mount Rushmor
Authorities have arrested a man for climbing Mount Rushmore National Memorial in western South Dakota.
Tue, 22 May 2012 09:14:40 -0700 -
Synnott Mountain Guides Announces Katahdin Alpine Rock Climbing Course in Main
New England's premier climbing guiding service expands its summer rock climbing courses to include alpine rock climbing on Mt. Katahdin and Baxter Peak in MaineMt. Washington Valley, NH (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Synnott Mountain Guides, a New Hampshire climbing guide service, is now offering a 2-day Mt. Katahdin Alpine Climbing course in Baxter State Park, Maine. Baxter Peak and Mt. Katahdin are the ...
Sun, 20 May 2012 21:02:13 -0700 -
The deadly odds of climbing Mount Everest: By the number
Four climbers were killed over the weekend, raising the towering peak's death toll to 225. And still, 200 more climbers are preparing to challenge Everest this weekend
Tue, 22 May 2012 03:15:00 -0700 -
Social climbing is actually good for your health - high status can boost your immune syste
Social climbing has real, physical rewards - a Notre Dame, Indiana, study showed high ranking individuals recovered quickest from injury and disease.
Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:29 -0700 -
Climbing trainer takes time to recover, looks forward to future climb
HILL AIR FORCE BASE ? An expert climbing trainer had just warned his wife to be careful on their icy driveway. Then he walked out and promptly slipped himself. After falling on the icy patch in February, Bill Walford found himself literally grounded. He couldn?t stand up straight and could barely move his legs to walk. An administrator at Hill Air Force Base and former marine. Walford had stayed ...
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:21:30 -0700 -
Why climbing Mount Everest isn't what it used to b
Alberta residents who conquered the summit in the 1980s reflect on how much has changed: ?There was no lineup?
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:54:34 -0700 -
Canadian woman ponders second summit bid during deadly Everest climbing seaso
An Ottawa woman, who survived a deadly storm that made Mount Everest look like "a morgue" on Sunday morning, is wondering whether to take another run at the summit of the world's tallest mountain.
Tue, 22 May 2012 15:40:24 -0700 -
Clothbot, the Fabric-Gripping, Pants-Climbing Robo
Chinese roboticists have built a small, fabric-clutching robot that pulls itself up pants and shirts by creating wrinkles with its pair of gripper wheels, Automaton reports.
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:56:11 -0700 -
3 dead, 2 missing after Everest spring climbing rus
KATMANDU, Nepal ? Three climbers who were among scores who scaled Mount Everest over the weekend died on their descent and two more are missing, a Nepalese official said Monday.
Sun, 20 May 2012 23:26:09 -0700 -
Yorba Linda boy sets sights on climbing Mt. Whitne
YORBA LINDA - An 8-year-old Yorba Linda boy, who made news when he summited 14,505-foot Mount Whitney, now has his sights on climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to help raise money for a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:53 -0700 -