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ARTICLE: Bouldering as Treatment for Depression - A Study
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A recent study by the University of Arizona suggests that bouldering could be an effective treatment for depression in adults. Climber and researcher Eva-Maria Stelzer and her colleagues discovered that the physical, mental and so
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California 12-year-old readies for Mount Everest climb
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The call could come any day now. When it does, Tyler Armstrong hopes to be one step closer to doing something he has dreamed about for years: climbing Mount Everest, Earth's highest peak. Tyler is 12. If he makes it to the
chicagotribune.com - Nation &
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Lost Soul: The Future of Climbing Magazine
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One of the biggest perks of my job is access to Climbing's complete 46-year archive, a full 342 issues of obsessive passion, wild personalities, harebrained ideas, monster epics, blinding Lycra, and incredible accomplishments. The
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New 2015 Safety Protocol for Everest
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For the first 28 years of Everest exploration, starting in 1922, the Nepalese side of the mountain was off-limits; climbers launched their attempts from the Tibetan side. Once the Nepalese government opened the mountain to climber
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Will Pacific Crest Trail be the same after ‘Wild’?
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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) advocates say the book “Wild,” now a movie of the same name, has been a good thing for the 2,650-mile trail — mostly.
Liz Bergeron, director of the nonprofit Pacific Crest Trail Association (www
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ParaClimb Scotland 2014: A Competitor's Perspective
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I am Matthew Phillips, I'm nearly 14 and I was born without my right arm below the elbow. I started climbing at taster sessions, rock-climbing on the beach on holiday and at birthday parties but started climbing seriously about 18
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Increasing Mountaineering Safety
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University students will get mountaineering instruction in a scheme backed by a Scottish charity. St John Scotland is funding the appointment of a qualified instructor who will work with university mountaineering clubs in a bid to
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Rock climb your way to the top
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In rock climbing, it's all about making it to the top - and in business, it's no different. At Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, the two worlds collide. The company's co-founders Lance Pinn and Jesse Levin talk to Smart Business about
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Kilian Jornet & Emelie Forsberg’s mountain epic
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Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg are two of the most talented and passionate mountain runners ever to grace the sport. And now they have turned their hands (and feet) to organising their own event, creating a truly unique event i
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In wake of Everest deaths, many groups push for reform
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A major workshop late last month represents a significant change in the debates about climbing expeditions on Mount Everest, with significance across the Himalayas and beyond.
The “Participatory Workshop on Roles, Responsibi
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A tough climb: From mountaineer to tour operator
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The card has four small pictures of him posing on top of snow-peaked mountains. "National hero Hassan Sadpara: first Pakistani to climb all five peaks above 8,000 metres, plus Everest," reads the card. For a man with humble beginn
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15 Minutes With...Colorado Super-Athlete Ben Clark
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In 2002, at the age of 23, when most of us are still trying to find our first real job, Ben Clark hit a career high, both literally and figuratively, by becoming the youngest American to summit Mount Everest. He spent the next 10
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How K2 Had One of Its Luckiest Seasons Ever
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At the end of July, during a rare instance of good weather, an estimated 45 people reached the summit of Pakistan’s K2. This is an unusually high number on a mountain where one in four people who attempt the climb die. A Spanish
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Nepal to build first road to Everest region
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Nepal is planning to build the first road leading to the Everest region. The road will link Jiri with Surkhe village, a couple of hours of walk from Tenzing-Hillary airport in Lukla at an altitude of 2860 metres, the Tourism Minis
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Man Pushes Brussels Sprout Up a Mountain
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A British man spent three days pushing a Brussels sprout up a mountain -- with his nose.
Stuart Kettel, 49, used a special face mask and an extra-large Brussels sprout so that it wouldn’t fall into a crack.
Kettel practi
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Pakistan climbers scale K2 summit
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A team of Pakistani climbers reaches the top of the world's second tallest mountain, the K2, the first since Italians completed the feat 60 years ago.
BBC News | News Front Page | U
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Fort Collins man summits K2 in a climb for Alzheimer's
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Fort Collins adventurer Alan Arnette made it to the summit of the world's second highest mountain, K2, on his 58th birthday Saturday, after a grueling and dangerous climb to draw attention to
Alzheimer's.
Denver Post: News: Breaking
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Nepal's Sherpas Drift Away From Mountaineering
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Cheddar Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest seven times while guiding Western climbers to the top of the world. He has narrowly escaped three avalanches and seen a dozen of his friends perish on the icy Himalayan slopes.
But an av
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Climbers work to care for the environment
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In a recent (June 20) opinion piece, Van Keele accused local climbers of hurting the environment and violating Forest Service regulations. Keele frequently expresses his opinion in the Ravalli Republic on a wide range of subjects.
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Helander, Zimmerman Score Another Impressive First in Alaska
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Clint Helander (U.S.) and Graham Zimmerman (U.S./N.Z.) have made the first ascent of the west face of Titanic Peak in Alaska's Revelation Mountains. The circa 9,300-foot peak had only been climbed once before, by Fred Beckey, Dan
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Probe politicisation of Sherpa's grief: Climbers
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KATHMANDU: Expedition leaders and operators today decided to ask the government to form a high-level commission to investigate alleged politically-motivated unruly activities of a few liaison officers and guides that fuelled tensi
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IMG's 2014 Everest Expedition is Officially Over
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With the last IMG team member now off the hill, the expedition is officially over, though still plenty to figure out about the future of climbing on Everest from Nepal.
International Mountain Guides
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Nepal to Open Five New Peaks to Mountaineers
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Nepal will open five peaks of over 8,000 metres to expeditions when the autumn climbing season begins, taking the total number of such mountains to 13.
The new peaks - Lhotse Middle, Lhotse Shar, Kanchenjunga South, Kanchenj
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Everest climbing rules 'to be tightened'
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Nepalese officials say that for the first time, a government team will be located at the base camp.
They will monitor and help expedition teams, coordinate rescues and protect the environment.
The move follows embarrassing i
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Boon or Blight: Challenges Facing the Everest Region
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As Nepal and the Khumbu gets ready to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, the results of Garrards research provide timely insights and a way to understand trends of environmental change in this UNE
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Maxut Zhumayev Sets Up the Kazakh Alpine Club
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Two years ago Maxut Zhumayev completed a remarkable achievement.
At age 36, he had climbed the last of all fourteen 8000 metre peaks without oxygen including K2 which he called the hardest of the lot.
What is there for me
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Must-Do Trip: Climb Geyikbayiri, Turkey
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There might be a conspiracy among climbers to keep this secret: A lot of the world’s best sport-climbing crags happen to be in warm, gorgeous, vacation-worthy locales that might also appeal to the masses. Last year, Alex Honnold
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New Route on Big Rock Candy Mountain
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A 5.9 climb isn’t usually newsworthy, but when the 5.9 is a new route up one of Colorado’s biggest and most mysterious granite domes, it’s not an everyday event. Big Rock Candy Mountain is a 1,300-foot formation deep in the
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Avalanche kills four climbers in Scottish Highlands
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Four people were killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands as snow and icy weather continued to bring widespread disruption to Britain.
A party of six climbers, three men and three women, were caught in the snowfall on B
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