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Fifty-year-old Apa Sherpa, who has become almost as legendary as the mountain that has been his permanent pursuit, is aiming to break his own incredible record by summiting Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, for the 20th time this summer.

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, March 12 : Fifty-year-old Apa Sherpa, who has become almost as legendary as the mountain that has been his permanent pursuit, is aiming to break his own incredible record by summiting Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, for the 20th time this summer.

VAIL, Colorado - The Vail Symposium's seventh Unlimited Adventure Series welcomed some of the top adventurers from around the world who shared their awe-inspiring travels. Quirky Greg Stump talked about his 25 years making ski films; Roz Savage offered her life-changing story about moving from a cubicle to the open ocean; and curious Kirsten Gum shared unique treasures she has discovered over ...

Romania’s game against Italy finished in a goalless draw yesterday. The game, played in Bucharest’s Giulesti stadium, counted for Group A of the ‘International Challenge Trophy,’ a competition organized by England’s FA.

Until her 36th year, Susan Ershler had never climbed anything more rigorous than a flight of stairs. Now she has climbed to the top of the world. She had never had a passport. Now she has been to every continent on the planet. Although she was physically fit, outdoors to Susan in those days was basically where [...]

Duster, Dacia’s first SUV, will be officially launched in Romania on March 18 in the presence of former Formula 1 pilot Alain Prost, who drove the race version of the SUV in the Andros Trophy ice racing in France.

James Wilde new challenge is for Everest !

The medical support team will become global in 2010 through the use of a medical services platform developed by TIMA and the Internet.

Romania’s national tennis team will play against Ukraine on May 7-9 after the latter defeated Latvia at the end of last week in the first round of Group I in the Davis Cup’s Europe/Africa Zone.

Tom Ballard was just six years old when his mother died while attempting to climb the world's second-highest mountain.

The medical support team will become global in 2010 through the use of a medical services platform developed by TIMA and the Internet.

On Saturday, Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, Romanian women’s handball champion, finished its away game against Dinamo Volgograd in a tie, score 32-32. The result allows it to qualify for the Champions League semifinals for the second consecutive year.

Timisoara –National football team players wore their new, red-colour, Spain-look-alike jerseys for the first time on Wednesday evening, but unfortunately their performance was far from that of the Spaniards. Crucial players such as Mutu and Chivu were absent from the line-up.

In June 2006, 25-year-old Dominic Gill set out solo from northern Alaska on a tandem bike dubbed Achilles and headed south. Way south. His goal: to reach the southern tip of South America in 18 months, picking up random strangers to pedal the second seat along the way.

When Doug Ammons stares at a river, he senses the flow of time, the movement of past through present and into the future. Although he has been a world-class kayaker for more than 20 years, Ammons is never less than awed by a river, regardless of its whitewater rating.

Timisoara – Romanian mountain climber Horia Colibasanu will tackle the Himalayan summits once again on March 10 in an effort to climb the Annapurna Peak (8,091 metres), considered to be the most difficult and dangerous peak in that Asian mountain chain.

Football player Adrian Mutu and his lawyers voiced confidence that they would manage to persuade prosecutors of Mutu’s innocence in relation to charges he took appetite suppressant sibutramine, after testing positive in anti-doping tests last month.

Timisoara – Romanian mountain climber Horia Colibasanu will tackle the Himalayan summits once again on March 10 in an effort to climb the Annapurna Peak (8,091 metres), considered to be the most difficult and dangerous peak in that Asian mountain chain.

Mountain geographer and climber Alton Byers, famous for capturing on camera 50 years of climate change in the Everest region of the Himalayas, will give a talk on Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m. in the Leyburn Library’s Northen Auditorium at Washington and Lee University.

In the sport of mountaineering, breaking trail is an exhausting and thankless task. In the high mountains, the first member of the climbing team must often trudge through waist-deep snow, clearing a trail for those who follow. It's akin to walking through a pool of water fighting against the resistance with every step. The job is so taxing, climbers generally take turns breaking trail. And those ...