1.   As the first climbers emerged through the sipapuni and stepped into the Upper World, Yawpa the mockingbird . . . sorted them out.

2.   He and fellow ranger Carl Fabiani were trying to become the first climbers to summit by way of the Success Cleaver route in the wintertime.

3.   Last year, he became the first blind climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

4.   The Owens River Gorge is called a sport-climbing area because of the profusion of safety bolts permanently drilled in the rock by its first climbers.

5.   In May, Erik Weihenmayer of Golden, Colorado, became the first blind climber to conquer Everest.

6.   On Thursday, Julio Bird Canals became the first Puerto Rican climber to reach the Everest peak.

7.   These were the first climbers this season to scale Everest from the southern side of the mountain.

8.   Two Americans reached the peak of Mount Everest on Friday, becoming the first blind climber and the oldest man to step onto the roof of the world.

9.   Two Americans became the first blind climber and the oldest man to reach the summit on Friday.

10.   The pair were airlifted to hospital in Fort William where the first climber died from his injuries, a police spokesman said.