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Climbing for a cause (Douglas County News Press)
Douglas County residents Shawn Tracy, left, and Mark Sheedy stand on Mount Rainier in 2005. They are climbing the Washin Read More

K2 2008: Three continue up as two others head down (Everest News)
Dave Watson and Chuck Boyd on the other American team have headed down, it appears over for them in 2008. George Dijmare Read More

A picture of climate change in the Himalayas (Nature)
Photos from historic Everest expedition reveal extent of subsequent glacier retreat. Read More

K2 2008: Sunny Mountain Guides more K2 (Everest News)
Sunday, 8/17, I was the first to wake up (still sleeping in the kitchen/dining tent) to a fresh, new snow; this time the Read More

Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now (The Charlotte Observer)
He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth. Read More

K2 2008: Sunny Mountain Guides continues ... (Everest News)
The forecast we got from Everestnews.com [Hanif] has been right on target so far. Knowing Friday would be unpleasant and Read More

At the peak of his game (Chicago Sun-Times)
PARADISE, Wash. -- Mount Rainier has many moods, from the sublime to the downright murderous. The first time I tried to Read More

Survivor Of K2 Avalanche Returns To Hermosa Beach (NBC 4 Los Angeles)
A Hermosa Beach man who survived an avalanche that killed 11 climbers returns home. Read More

There ain’t no mountain high enough for this pair (Irish Examiner)
AS A record-breaking junior mountain climber, Sean McSharry takes the “what I did in the holidays” assignment to new Read More

'Blindsight' 4 stars (The Arizona Republic)
'Blindsight' **** 1/2 Hugely inspiration story of six blind Tibetan teenagers who attempt to climb a mountain on the nor Read More