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Wednesday, 29 November 2006
A man fell about five meters while rock climbing at Mount York. The Llandilo man is now recovering in Western Sydney hospital and suffered head injuries and two broken legs.
Officers from the Blue Mountains Local Area Command and the Police Rescue Squad assisted the man before he was brought to the hospital by a helicopter. Blue Mountains is located approximately 100 kilometers of Sydney, Australia.
Check wauchope.yourguide.com.au for more information about this news story.
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Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Super strong climber who was part of the Wichita Mountains Climbers Coalition which worked with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to keep climbing sites open fell about 100 meters while climbing near Mo nterrey, Mexico.
Forty-three years old, James Ray "Jimmy" Forester of Richardson went solo climbing in El Potrero Chico Canyon in northern Mexico and died from head injuries. Forester work in keeping sites open in Wichita Mountains located in Southern Oklahoma and sites across Texas.
Forester's main climbing partner said that "Jimmy is probably one of the biggest losses to the North Texas and Oklahoma climbing communities, he had a love for climbing and was an activist for the climbing community". El Potrero Chico is a popular climbing area and about a ten hour drive from the Metroplex. It has relatively easy routes and extremely difficult ones.
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Thursday, 23 November 2006
A chief executive officer from San Diego North Convention and Visitors Bureau in Escondido together with seven Sherpas hiked the 17,600 feet to the base of Mount Everest since September fifteen through O ctober 8.
Cami Mattson use her trip to raise money for causes dear to her heart while she attended a conference in SunValley, Idaho. She dubbed her charitable ascent as "Climb for a Dime" and raised $4,000 for the school in Arusha, Tanzania, and $15,500 for the Western Association's foundation, which provides training and education to its members. The expedition which was organized by Berg Adventures International included a stop at the monastery in Thame, Nepal, where hikers were blessed by a Rinpoche.
Mattson made 11-day trek with friends Maria Rowe of Del Mar and Karen Fetzer of Carmel Valley. She says that the most rewarding part of the trip was leaving the clamor of urban life behind and learning about the Tibetan and Buddhist cultures.
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006
A mountaineers book called "Weekend Rock Arizona: Trad and Sport Routes from 5.0 to 5.10a" written by Lon Abbot is now available. The book gives detailed descriptions of routes at ten climbing areas arou nd Arizona and includes photos of the cliffs and crags with lines and ascent marked on photos.
Abbot is a veteran climber and geology professor at Prescott College. He made numerous trips to climbing spots around the state to sample routes and said that "the biggest challenge in making a guidebook is the demand to observe your sorroundings to be able to provide readers with most accurate information". Among the featured areas are the Catalina Mountains north of Tuscon and the Dragoon Mountains southeast of Benson which are both popular for Tuscon climbers.
According to Abbot the book is a resource for those climbers who enjoy getting out for a great climb on the weekend or on a holiday but don't have time to immerse themselves completely in the sport.
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Monday, 20 November 2006
A thirty-three years old who is a leader of a group of free soloists in Southern California go hundreds of feet above the ground during climbs without a rope and is connected only to an iPod. He ascends difficult routes which gave his spectators a weak stomach.
Michael Reardon married to Marci Reardon and who has a twelve year old daughter climbs without rope. He said he was rarely aware of what was beyond his zone of concentration as he looks for handholds and footholds.
Although some people do not believe that Reardon has free soloed some of the difficult routes he claims, Bob Gaines, a climbing guide and author, said he have seen Reardon climbed and he is one of his believer.
Reardon understands the consequences of a mistake in free soloing but he does it with much thought, he said. A Yosemite spokesperson added that contrary to public perception, climbers are very responsible for themselves.
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