1.   Richard Virenque, the French climber with Festina, and Claudio Chiappucci, the Italian climber with Carrera, lost the same amount of time.

2.   Police on Monday discovered the body of a French climber who had fallen to his death while descending a high peak in the French Alps.

3.   A French climber also was killed on a glacier in Switzerland.

4.   An alpine team found the body Sunday of a French climber killed in a rock slide earlier this month on a mountain near the Swiss border.

5.   Earlier this month, a French climber died in the Mont-Blanc region of the Alps.

6.   French climber Richard Virenque was third, moving up to fifth overall.

7.   Herzog and nine French climbers had attempted Mt. Annapurna through an unexplored area.

8.   Rescuers aboard a helicopter have still not found the two French climbers who are reported lost in the Himalayas for the last six days, the government said Tuesday.

9.   Rescuers were searching Tuesday for two French climbers lost in the Himalayas for nearly a week.

10.   The French climbers, who later helped Diaz down the mountain, also called the operators in Bogota.