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MountEverest.net has an article on phenomena of “sweet death”. After last year’s Everest season, climbers trickled in to ExWeb’s office bringing with them tales of summits but also some alarming news. All over the mountain, climbers had been falling asleep. All had been shook awake by Sherpas; most weren’t aware how close to death they’d […]
MountainZone.com reports that two climbers were hit by an avalanche at Quandary Peak in Colorado’s Tenmile Range. One of the climbers emerged with only minor injuries while the other died.
I’ve seen some recent email traffic as well as some posts (rexblog, fishbowlNY) regarding the latest issue of Outside magazine. An article entitled “Babes on Belay” and the accompanying picture shoot sure have some people up in arms. I haven’t read the article yet, nor was I planning to, but it has now been adding […]
You may have noticed that the site is slightly different the past two days. Two major changes have occurred. First, using Movable Type as the publishing software was just simply not working. There are many aspects of MT that I like, but there were too many errors occurring and numerous maintenance issues I had to […]
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All Climbing is a blog focusing on all aspects of climbing. I enjoy writing about my observations on climbing news, events, and personal trips I make throughout the year. My personal blog can be found at http://www.tmarkiewicz.com Google Map of areas I’ve climbed
I grew up climbing on the gritstone of Western PA and always enjoy climbing there when I’m in the area. About.com has a nicely edited list of the major climbing areas in and around Western PA. Due to continued access issues, one of the nicest (and most graffitied I might add) is not listed – […]
A variety of news sources (Aspen Times, Climbing,
From the Yosemite Blog comes a post about Royal Robbins Clothing giving away a free trip to Yosemite. Hmm, how can I win this? From the Royal Robbins site, Enter to win a trip to Yosemite, courtesy of Royal Robbins. Three days and two nights of adventure in one of the world’s most inspiring scenic […]