Rock Climbing News December 2006

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THURSDAY, 28 DECEMBER 2006
	$3 Million Climbing Gym Opens in Utah
	The largest indoor climbing gym in Western Unites States is now open in Utah. The $3 million Momentum Indoor Climbing gym offers more than 20, 000 square feet of climbing surfaces, with heights reaching 42 feet. Dimitar Petrov, an engineer with Bulgaria-based climbing wall manufacturer Walltopia, was hired to build Momentum's walls and said the facility ranks among the three largest indoor cli Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2006
	Called Off Rescue Operation for Missing Climbers
	After nine days of rescue to find the two missing climbers who was lost in the 11, 239 foot peak Mount Hood, rescue teams gave up and abandoned the rescue effort. The result of Kelly James's autopsy, whose body was found at the cave in Mounthood suggested that he had been dead for several days when he was found Sunday and that he died because of hypothermia. James was one of the three clim Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2006
	The Real Race- Get Ready for a World Revolution
	Melbourne, Australia, December , 2006 – The world’s first Real Race, a luxury adventure tour and life-changing experience, was an outstanding success. Teams of two from around the world travelled around Australia with no idea where they were going, what challenges they'd face or how this journey would affect their lives. And now this unique “you just can't buy this experience but with The Rea Read Full Story
MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2006
	Known Mountaineer Missing Since Last Month
	A Known top alpinist and mountaineer who have made a name for herself disappeared last month in China's Sichuan Province. The thirty-nine year old Christine Boskoff from Seattle is one of the few women alive to have climbed six of the world's 14 highest peaks and was the first North American woman to summit the 27,940 foot Lhotse in the Himalayas. She also had summited Mount Everest twice. Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2006
	Ben Clark Climbed Several Peaks in Sichuan
	Adventurer Ben Clark with his climbing partner Josh Butson made a recent travels in China and climbed several peaks in Sichuan province. They spent 13 days traveling to the valley of mountains and 14 consecutive days climbing on three different peaks, reaching elevations of nearly 17,500 feet above sea level. Clark who is a sponsored athlete and filmmaker works as a marketing director for Read Full Story