Mountaineering New 12 Aug 2009
Death and rivalry on killer mountain
David Crossland, Foreign Correspondent
- Last Updated: July 22. 2009 12:23AM UAE / July 21. 2009 8:23PM GMT
BERLIN // Reinhold Messner, one of the most successful mountaineers of all time, has been dogged throughout his career by allegations that he left his brother, Günther, to die during a Himalayan expedition in 1970. Now he wants to set the record straight. (Read more)
Mountaineering News: 8th Dec 2008
For this 13-yr-old, climbing is a passion
Times of India - India
Unlike mountaineering and rock climbing, which are done for pleasure, sport climbing is competitive and speed matters.
Mountaineering News: 17 Nov 2008
Men and the mountains
Tom Keenan, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008
"Mountaineering is about friendship; it's about raising people up," says Peter Habeler. He should know, because in 1978 he and Reinhold Messner, another wild mountain guy, achieved what was thought to be impossible -- getting to the top of Mount Everest without the aid of supplemental oxygen. ©http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/reallife/story.html?id=8e08b320-8031-410d-a19b-bb39bbe369ff
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes by Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article5090107.ece
Fallen Giants Receives Banff Mountain Book Festival Award
Isserman Tome Also Recognized by National Outdoor Book Awards
Contact: Vige Barrie
Phone: (315) 859-4623
November 13, 2008
Maurice Isserman (left) accepting award from Mike Mortimer at Banff
The Banff Mountain Book Festival awarded Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes the 2008 Best Book — Mountaineering History award.
http://www.hamilton.edu/news/more_news/display.cfm?ID=14808
Nepal climbing season claims five French lives
Nov 6, 2008
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Five French trekkers and mountaineers were among six foreigners killed during the autumn climbing season in Nepal, the French embassy and Nepalese officials said Friday.
October and November offer prime conditions for trekking and mountaineering in Nepal's spectacular Himalayan peaks, but altitude sickness and accidents cause annual fatalities.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhpQt0NLb8h9eNWsc1PFeQqKlVrg