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NEWS ABOUT: climbing

climbing stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - An American climber and his Japanese colleague have been found frozen to death on Mount Fuji, AP reports. Authorities believe the men, reported missing last weekend, perished on their way down from the summit. The deaths on the famous mountain follow those of ten elderly hikers who died of exposure... More »

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Japan • climbing • mountain climber • hypothermia • Mount Fuji

TOUR DE FRANCE

 Armstrong Plays Second 
 Fiddle to Teammate 


Jul 10, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lance Armstrong suffered a late setback today as a teammate made a last-minute push in the seventh stage of the Tour de France, the New York Times reports. Armstrong's Astana teammate Alfredo Contador didn't win the longest stage of the Tour—Brice Feillu did—and Rinaldo Nocentini still holds... More »

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cycling • Tour de France • Alberto Contador • Lance Armstrong • climbing • Astana • Rinaldo Nocentini • Brice Feillu • stage

(Newser) - Former Olympic snowboarding champ Karine Ruby of France died yesterday after she and two fellow climbers tumbled into a glacial crevasse while descending Mont Blanc in France. One of her companions survived the fall, but sustained serious injuries and was air-lifted to the hospital. The 31-year-old Ruby, who won a... More »

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accidental death • snowboarding • climbing • 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics • Olympics • mountain climber • Karine Ruby

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 Two Daredevils 
 Climb Times Tower 

One is a celebrated French climber known for such stunts

Jun 5, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two men scaled the New York Times' 52-story headquarters today within hours of each other, the New York Post reports. Police identified the first as Alain Robert, a French climber known as Spiderman for scaling skyscrapers with minimal equipment. He unfurled a banner reading, “Global warming kills more people... More »

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environment • New York Times • global warming • publicity stunt • Alain Robert • climbing • New York Times building

Robot Offers Hope to Would-Be Spidermen

Electric adhesion allows machine to scale walls carrying 75 pounds

May 29, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have created a wall-climbing robot that uses electrically activated adhesion to get up any surface—dusty, wet, glass or concrete. Other Spiderman-imitating machines use a different kind of gecko-inspired technology and generate stronger sticking power than the new ‘bot, but the simplicity of the approach means it could... More »

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technology • robot • climbing

Mountain of Litter
Spoiling Everest Majesty

Peak draws hundreds of climbers, who leave behind trash

Jan 12, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Mount Everest remains an irresistable lure for hundreds of climbers every year—and it shows in a bad way. In the wake of Edmund Hillary's death, the Independent surveys the landscape of the world's highest mountain and finds it littered with climbers' trash. It's a matter of logistics, experts say.... More »

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pollution • trash • Mount Everest • Edmund Hillary • climbing

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