61. A training ground for Alpine mountain climbers. 62. A short hike leads across the river and up the steep hillsides to a cemetery dedicated to mountain climbers who died while climbing in Kyrgyzstan. 63. Alex Lowe, described by Outside magazine as the best mountain climber in the world, is presumed dead with another climber in a Himalayan avalanche. 64. All four were experienced mountain climbers. 65. Alpine police on Tuesday began recovering the bodies of at least four mountain climbers killed in a freak summer snowstorm, and rescuers saved survivors. 66. An Australian mountain climber died in the hospital Saturday from injuries suffered in a fall after his abseiling equipment failed during a descent of Mount Cook. 67. An helicopter carrying a team of mountain climbers crashed on Hintertuxer Glacier in the Tyrolian Alps, an Austrian newspaper reported Thursday. 68. An avid mountain climber, Smith climbed every year and translated several mountaineering books, The Daily Telegraph said. 69. Brower was an avid mountain climber and skier who dropped out of college as a sophomore after studying butterflies. 70. Deceptive sunny weather annually draws thousands of tourists, hikers and mountain climbers to the Alps, often leading to fatalities in the snowy conditions of the Alpine summer. |