Mount Everest claims eight lives as climbers risk all for the summit
22 May 2012, 1:02 am
Climbers from China, Germany, Canada and South Korea have been killed as hundreds made a bid to summit Mount Everest at the weekend.

Mount Everest claims fourth victim of weekend
21 May 2012, 9:25 pm
Climbers from China, Germany, Canada and South Korea killed as hundreds make bid for the summit after high winds lift The number of climbers who have died climbing Mount Everest this season has risen to eight, after the body of a missing Chinese climber was found at 8,600 metres on the north side of the mountain yesterday. Ha Wenyi, 55, was the fourth to have died over the weekend as hundreds of ...

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21 May 2012, 9:57 am
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For troops on Siachen Glacier, the elements are the enemy
19 May 2012, 11:33 pm
Veterans of the India-Pakistan conflict on Siachen Glacier in Kashmir do not tell stories of battle, but of battling subzero temperatures, the wind and the altitude. RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Icy wind whipped Lt. Nauman Ahmed's face as he plodded up a barren expanse of snowfields and crevasses. Woozy and spent, he reached a Pakistani military outpost 20,000 feet above sea level and slumped down on ...

Back from Antarctica, Hindenburg disaster, Joban Line trains derail, Issey Miyake men's collection in Japan
19 May 2012, 10:33 am
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To Get Excited for Pacers-Heat, Here’s Leandro Barbosa’s Wife, Samara Felippo, a Brazilian Actress
17 May 2012, 10:48 am
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Seattle skier falls 160 feet into Canadian crevasse, rescued unscathed (+video)
14 May 2012, 10:49 am
Nicolai Popov was back country skiing when he feel into a deep crevasses near Whistler, B.C. He survived the fall with no injuries.

Gazette.Net: First-year lacrosse coach making strides at Urbana
10 May 2012, 10:03 pm
Jim McKeever walked along the patch of grass adjacent to the visiting bleachers, head down, stadium lights barley illuminating his figure, looking for lacrosse balls.

Body Found In Desert Cave ID'd As Missing Hiker
10 May 2012, 3:55 pm
A body found at the bottom of a 60-foot-deep earthen shaft in the Anza-Borrego Desert last weekend is that of a local college student who disappeared last month while exploring mud caves with relatives and friends, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed.

Boutique boltholes in the Alps
28 April 2012, 8:24 pm
A week's walking in the Alps of Italy and Switzerland doesn't have to mean nights in basic, and rather grim, refuges. Descend into the valleys each evening and you can dine and sleep well in pretty boutique hotels. At least that was the plan … Since dawn, we have been hiking across a glacier riven with crevasses, along a narrow path we hope will bear our weight. It is freezing cold, and hard ...