John Cleare, one of climbing’s iconic photographers, who recently died aged 88. John started a style of photography in the 1960s that is now pretty much the norm by abseiling alongside the climber to get a birds-eye view of them and the climbs they were undertaking. This was fi rst ...
January 30, 2006 - Based upon the latest national census of fatal occupational injuries from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers who are required to climb cell towers and other communications structures throughout the country have been identified as having the most dangerou...
A coincidence leads to today’s post, in that yesterday I corresponded with two people who’ve had a powerful influence on me. The first came as a surprise, whenJonathan Waterman, whom I don’t know and haven’t met, but whose writing I’ve long admired, posted the following on my Fa...
A mountain guide who recently climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time has set a new goal for himself. Tenjen Sherpa of Nepal says he now wants to become the youngest person to climb all the peaks twice. Last month, the 35-year-old Tenjen and 37–year-old Norwegian Kr...