BUENOS AIRES – A 64-year-old Australian climber died while making his way up Argentina’s Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, emergency services officials said Sunday. Robert ...
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HELP!: The view from the Summit Rescue Helicopter of missing tramper James Esbester (in black) with the "help" sign he made. MARTIN DE RUYTER/Nelson Mail TOGETHER AGAIN: James Esbester with his fat...
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On 11/02/2011 Davide Capozzi from Italy and Julien Herry from France carried out the what is likely to be the first descent of the ENE Face of Petit Mont Blanc. This is a rare winter, with a large n...
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On 9-10 February 2011 Neil Kauffman and Josh Wharton established Coda (V 5.11+ AO) on Aguja Desmochada, Fitz Roy massif, Patagonia. Yet another new route in Patagonia for American alpinist Neil Kauf...
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According to the Daily Mail on February 8, the former mechanical engineer Michael Kennedy, 73, spent the past 14 years building his own sea wall at Hunstanton in Norfolk, UK, piling up rocks picked fr...
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You enjoyed going for long walks and hikes when you were younger but you got married and along came the children. As parents introduce and help your children to love the outdoors. It's inexpensive, he...
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Get off my beach! Sea captain who nodded off on Antarctic beach gets a wild wake-up call Resting on a deserted beach the last thing sea captain Jerome Poncet expected was a huge blubbery local to joi...
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The person who is over 50 years old has already hiked 20 provinces and municipalities. His name is WangYanFu who has hiked HeiLongJiang before. He travelled from GuangDong to HAK by boat yesterday.He...
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On 29 January 2011 Massimo Flaccavento, Ilaria Raboni, Simone Bergamaschi and Ivo Ferarri established La farfalla di Ilaria, a new route up Pizzo Castelluzzo (San Vito Lo Capo, Trapani, Sicily). ...
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Skiing is a winter sport that can be recreational or taken to the extreme. Skiers can take it slow and enjoy the scenery or get a boost of adrenaline and go for speed. Either way, the taking the right...
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The UCI has launched a series of events in 2011, the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT), which will qualify riders for the UWCT Final (formerly known as the Masters Road World Championships). Two of the se...
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On 25 January 2011 Italian alpinist Ivo Ferrari made the first winter ascent of the Parete Fasana on Pizzo della Pieve (Grigne) by climbing the classic the Via Fasana. There are some mountain faces...
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A series of hard repeats and first ascents on Ben Nevis, Coire an t-Sneachda and Lochnagar, including the second ascent of The Hurting (XI,11 Dave MacLeod, 2005) by Andy Turner. Scottish winter clim...
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15. Meteora, Greece The name of this elevated region sums up to “suspended rock” and it holds only the second place of importance to the Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Kalambaka, Greece after Mou...
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Dozens of Chinese climbing enthusiasts scaled huge, frozen waterfalls in rural Beijing, taking part in a competition showcasing the rapid rise in popularity of outdoor sports. With white collar worke...
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San Francisco, California - February 8, 2011 - The International Melges 24 Class Association and The San Francisco Yacht Club are pleased to announce that the 2013 Melges 24 World Championship will be...
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Ice Climbing World Cup 2011: Angelika Rainer and Hee Yong Park World Champions in Busteni The third stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2011 took place in Busteni, Romania on 5 and 6 February and w...
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In July 2003, Jean Béliveau woke up in a South African jail, which he'd entered of his own accord to get a good night's sleep. The Swellendam police chief had let the Quebec man stay overnight, but...
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During a week winter climbing in Scotland, Ines Papert and Charly Fritzer have established Triple X, VIII,8 on Ben Nevis and Bavarinthia IX, 9 at Coire an Lochain in the Cairngorms. After last year'...
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Two new icefalls in the Floitental (Zillertal), Austria: Excalibur (WI6/R, 120m, Albert Leichtfried & Paul Mair 30/01/2011) and Quasimodo (M7 WI7, 90m, Benedikt Purner & Klaus Pietersteiner 03...
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