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Posted: Sep 03, 2010 07:40 am EDT As mentioned yesterday, Pakistan is about to enjoy the most exciting winter climbing season ever.

INVERNESS, Ill. (AP) – Neighbors in Inverness have seen Suzanne Nance dragging her improvised sled mounted on skis and loaded with weights around outside, even when no snow litters the ground. As she labors hauling her cargo, some sympathetic drivers stop to offer her a ride home. The 50-year-old adventurer hardly needs transportation, as she’s [...]

Chuck Kroger used his special gifts to create the Via Ferrata, which can get even a non-climber or a novice climber to a breathtaking route high in the mountains.

Aug. 24, 1933 -- There was a sudden chill as the first rays of a brilliant morning sun were interrupted by a stray cloud. Norman Clyde stretched his arms and glanced up the narrow talus shelf that he would use as a base to climb Michael's Minaret.

2 September 2010 - The Philippine Everest Team onboard three balangay vessels successfully docked at the Kinabalu Yacht Club at Kota Kinabalu last August 21, the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur reported. The Philippine Everest Team and Kaya ng Pinoy , Inc. brought 37 crew members that set sail from the Philippines using three exact replicas of the pre-colonial sailing vessel.

Posted: Aug 31, 2010 08:08 pm EDT August 13, 2010 Christian Stangl called his home team in Austria from K2 BC and said he just got back from a successful, 70-hour long summit push. The team reported that Christian had topped-out at 10AM on August 12, snapped a few pics and started descent.

Posted: Aug 31, 2010 11:58 am EDT Everest season is on, with at least four teams tackling the mountain when it shows its loneliest, snow-laden face.

Sports insiders reject safety fears, saying child racers are common and death is rare

He was 13 years old, 4-feet, 11-inches tall, weighed fewer than 100 pounds and died racing a motorcycle capable of reaching speeds of more than 200 kilometres an hour The other racer involved in the fatal crash was only 12.

Sports insiders reject safety fears, saying child racers are common and death is rare

The remains of William Holland of Gorham, who fell to his death, are recovered in western Alberta.

A flash of yellow at the base of a glacier led hikers to the body of a Maine man who fell to his death more than 20 years ago in the Canadian Rockies.

BEIRUT: A team of amateur climbers has reached the summit of Mount Ararat, becoming the first Lebanese group to scale the controversial peak. The expedition mixed grueling physical endeavor with convoluted bureaucracy, but at just after first light on August 16, the eight mountaineers made it to the summit of the dormant volcano , a full 5,137 meters above sea level.

Neighbors in Inverness have seen Suzanne Nance dragging her improvised sled mounted on skis and loaded with weights around outside, even when no snow litters the ground.

Following a dispatch from Mt. K2 base camp to Everestnews.com [see Earlier: K2 2010: Death on K2, a Mystery below] in regard to a Bulgarian climber who in my opinion died unnecessarily in C2 on K2 recently, and whose death, in my opinion, could have easily been prevented by his Pakistani High altitude porter.

Obama unfazed about 'misinformation' about his beliefs - Today, 09:28 - PA President Barack Obama said he is not worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim. "The facts...

By Susan Shinn For The Salisbury Post When Crystal Smith flew into Seattle as a flight attendant, she remembered seeing Mount Rainier looming on the horizon. She kept that image in the back of her mind. âThereâs something to be said for standing ...

Prince Edward Island hosted its first motorcycle rally this weekend.

The condition of a Winnipeg man who was beaten badly in the Elmwood neighbourhood early Saturday has stabilized, police say.

A young Winnipeg man clings to life in hospital after being attacked and stabbed in the neck in the city's Spence neighbourhood.