Rock Climbing News May 2006

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WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
	Aussie Mountaineer Lincoln Hall Is Alive
	Lincoln Hall, the Australian mountaineer who was given up for dead in Mount Everest was in fact alive, contrary to earlier reports. His friend, Jonathan Chester, related Hall's story of survival in Richard Bang's column, Adventure Beat at the Yahoo! News website last Monday. Chester said in the column that Hall's Everest quest began with the latter first encountered it in 1984. He had the Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
	Hillary Denounces Inglis' Climbing Team
	The Sydney Morning Herald reported on May 24, Wednesday, that Sir Edmund Hillary denounced a New Zealand climbing team for not helping a British man who lay dying near Mount Everest's summit. Hillary criticized the team of Mark Inglis, who recently became the first double amputee on Everest, for not helping Briton David Sharp when the former's team saw him suffering from a lack of oxygen Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
	Get Your Kids Into Climbing!
	Get your kids started with rock climbing at an early age! Enroll them this summer to a week or even up to 11 weeks of indoor rock climbing camps at the Rocknasium Climbing Gym in Davis, California. The indoor rock climbing camps are open to children ages 6 to 14, although some activities like belaying are open only to kids aged 8 years and older. By joining the rock climbing camps, they w Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
	Filipinos Oracion & Emata Reach Everest's Summit
	Wire reports confirmed that Heracleo Oracion finally reached Mount Everest’s summit yesterday at 3:30 pm local time making him the first Filipino to reach the peak of the world’s tallest mountain. The confirmation of Oracion’s success came when he radioed the expedition’s leader Arturo Valdez that, “the Philippine eagle has landed at the summit of Mount Everest.” After Oracion, his t Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
	USA Climbing Seeks Project Proposals!
	If you believe that you have an idea that will help change climbing for the better, then don’t keep it to yourself. Submit your proposal to USA Climbing and your ideas just might turn into reality. The organization is currently looking for the best proposal that will receive a grant of $1,000 for this year’s Respect the Rock Scholarship. Only the members of USA Climbing can submit their p Read Full Story