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  EVEREST
  2003
  • Read about summit day on the 50th anniversay of Hillary's historic first ascent.

  • Carney Reflects back on what happened on Everest.

  • Skiing Everest: Two-time World Extreme Ski champion Maegan Carney is attempting to become the first woman to ski from the summit all the way back to base camp.

  2002
  • Everest: Both Sides Now. With no fanfare or media hype, Colorado-based climber Ellen Miller last spring achieved something quite rare: A second Everest summit within the span of one year, and by a new route.

  • Dave Hahn: Relics of Everest - MountainZone.com columnist and renowned climber Dave Hahn takes you on a treasure hunt on Mount Everest.

  • Legendary mountaineer Willi Prittie led the Alpine Ascents expedition as it climbed the mountain with a team that included famed guide Vern Tejas and Chicago climber Al Hanna. Hanna, at nearly 72, had already climbed six of the Seven Summits, and had reached 28,000 feet on Everest multiple times.

  2000
  • From the Alpine Ascents International American South Col Expedition to Italian Simone Moro's attempt to complete an Everest-Lhotse traverse via a new route, get the drama of Everest right here.

  1999
  1998
  • Everest '98 Cybercast: Fully archived, rich site with multimedia updates from climbers on the south and north sides. Tons of photos, audio and video.

  • Everest Speed Record: Climbing without oxygen, Kagzi Sherpa sped from Base Camp to the summit of Everest via the South Col route in less than 21 hours.

  • Overcoming Everest: Disabled climber Tom Whittaker reflects.

  • How High is Everest? Scientists studying data collected on the '98 Everest expedition found the world's tallest mountain to be shorter than they thought.

  1997
  1996
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  HIMALAYAN EXPEDITIONS
  2003

  • Viesturs One Peak Away: On June 30th, Ed Viesturs and his climbing partner Jean LaFaille summited Nanga Parbat without supplemental oxygen. Annapurna is now the final peak in Viesturs' 15-year quest to become first American to climb all fourteen 8,000 meter peaks.

  2002
  • High-altitude climber Ed Viesturs talks about his second turn-around on Annapurna. "If you make the right calls, you live longer."

  2000
    Himalyas
  • Follow along as Ed Viesturs makes an attempt to climb the Dutch Rib route on the north flank of Annapurna in Nepal.

  • K2 is the world's second highest mountain and at the turn of the millennium, only 12 Americans, and 164 climbers total, had reached its summit.

  • Forbidden towers: venture into an unknown land within Pakistan with granite walls and spires that have never before been climbed.

  • Follow the progress of an expedition attempting to climb Mustagh Ata, a 7500-meter peak in western China, northeast of K2.

  1999
  1998
  1997
  • Anatoli Boukreev summits four 8,000m peaks in 80 days.

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  K2
  2000

  • Follow the progress of the American North Ridge Expedition as it attempts to climb K2 via its North Ridge.

  1982
  • Wanda Rutkiewicz wrote the following account of the 1982 all-women's expedition to climb K2. She failed to summit that year but returned in 1986 to successfully climb the Abruzzi Spur route.

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  OTHER EXPEDITIONS
  2002

  • Waddington Wild: British Columbia's Mt. Waddington is a ferocious beast of mountain, and only the very lucky get to stroke her summit.

  • Virgin on Mt. Baker: He's not a mountaineer. He's a desk job guy, in his mid-30's with an ever-increasing waist size that wants to be a mountaineer. Find out how Jackson Holtz suceeds...

  • Jumping Crevasses: The other-worldly glaciers of Chamonix Valley give Aussie Pam Inverarity an in-your-face introduction to alpinism.

  • New Speed Record on Rainier: Last week, Chad Kellog set a new unofficial speed ascent of Mt. Rainier, breaking the five-hour barrier. Check out his report.

  • Climbing Kinabalu: No lines, no betas, no egos, no ill-considered fashion statements, just acres of steep, clean granite await you.

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  DENALI
  2002
Denali

  • 2002 Season on Denali Eleven teams attempted it this year, some topped out in the sun, others were forced to descend in whiteouts.

  2000
  1999
  1998
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  YOSEMITE
  2002

  • Weekend Journal: Yosemite, Climbing for the Rest of Us: "Yes, you can climb in Yosemite. Even if you can't do a 5.10, you can enjoy Yosemite's rock."

  2000
  1999

  1998

  • Cruising the Zodiac: Mark Kroese, Sean Courage and 18-year-old wonderkid Miles Smart climbed The Zodiac on El Cap in Yosemite Valley

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  OTHER
  2004

  • Equatorial Bulge: From easy to super-technical, climbing in Equador boasts volcanoes, glaciers and abundant mountaineering rewards.

  • Scaling Ouray Ice: "Even armed with the knowledge I was in the safest ice-climbing environment imaginable, the intensity was immeasurable..."

  2003
  2002
  • Swedish adventurer Göran Kropp was killed Monday when he fell while rock climbing. Kropp is best known for riding his bicycle from Sweden to Mount Everest, climbing it solo and unsupported, and then riding back home.

  • In July, Jack McBroom climbed 11 14er's in three days before being thwarted by wildfires. In August, he climbed them all in four days, 11 hours and 19 minutes.

  2001
  • The Canadian Rockies "is the mecca of mixed climbing. With so much terrain and such a long season, it's no wonder that the Rockies' routes and climbers are at the cutting edge..."

  • 50 Favorites: Mark Kroese's new climbing guidebook.

  2000
  1999

  1998

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  KILIMANJARO
  2002

  • Alpine Ascents International founder and guide Todd Burleson, and senior guide Allen Carbert, lead a group of climbers on a summit attempt of 19,339-foot Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the continent of Africa.
  2000
  • A team of breast cancer survivors and supporters embark on an expedition to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.

  • Alpine Ascents International Guide Wally Berg leads a group up Mt. Kilimanjaro.

  • Kilimanjaro-1999: a season on Kilimanjaro with Alpine Ascents International Guide Wally Berg reporting throughout the climb and safari.

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  ANTARCTICA
  Vinson Massif

  Other

  • Shackleton's Footsteps: Peter Potterfield traveled to South Georgia Island to retrace the 1916 journey made by Sir Ernest Shackleton in his desperate bid for rescue.

  • Embree Glacier: Wally Berg explores Antarctica's remote Embree Glacier.

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  EUROPE: THE ALPS
  1998

  EUROPE
  Other
  • Elbrus 2002: The 2nd Alpine Ascents International team reached the summit of Europe's tallest peak, 18,481-foot Mount Elbrus.

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  SOUTH AMERICA
  2003

  • An Aconcagua Christmas: Diana Reid traded a traditional San Francisco Christmas for a climb to the rarefied air of Argentina, 22,834 ft Mt. Aconcagua.

  • Patagonia: The Kingdom of Wind. Retracing Bonnington and Whillans' first ascent of the Central Tower of Paine, two Kiwis endure Patagonia's infamous gales...

  • First Time Ascents into Bolivian Splendor - Get a taste of Bolivia's rarefied air.

  2002
  • Banner Season in Patagonia: The sun rises once again in a perfectly clear sky, illuminating the towers of Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre and the companion peaks of this famous landscape...

  2001
  2000
  • Brady Robinson and Ben Gilmore make the fifth ascent of Fitz Roy via the North Pillar and name their route the "Diedro Directo".

  • After summitting Aconcagua, Wally Berg reports the mountain is often underestimated.

  1999
  1998

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  INTERVIEWS
  2003
Brad Washburn

  2002
  • Wunderkind Scott Cory, climbing since age 7, on-sighted his first 13a at 10.

  • Blind Climber Erik Weihenmayer, talks exclusively to MountainZone.com after completing the Seven Summits.

  2001
  2000
  1999
  1998
  1997
  • Peter Horton talked about playing Scott Fisher in the TV movie version of Into Thin Air.

  • Jim Wickwire: Interview (audio, video, and transcript) with the climbing legend and author of the book of climbing epics, Addicted to Danger."

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  OTHER
  Reference

  Climbing Pub
  Dave Hahn Columns

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  GEAR REVIEWS/SAFETY
  1999

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