1.   Adventurous skiers in search of new experiences are shunning the drag-lifts and climbing the slopes themselves.

2.   Wycliffe left his car on the park and climbed the slope to the street.

3.   Bamboo forests, palm trees and tea plantations flourish, and hundreds of rice terraces climb the slopes of Hoang Lien mountain.

4.   Leverett learned why loggers left them alone, breaking an ankle while climbing the slope.

5.   Most, in fact, were made by locals who climb the slopes in the summer to carve their niche in the mountain.

6.   Saturday, areas of heavy snow will persist over the Sierra Nevada as Pacific moisture climbs the slopes.

7.   With no ski lifts or grooming machines, courses are prepared each Saturday by climbing the slopes and stamping the snow by foot.

8.   Last year the press published a photograph of Charles kissing Tiggy on the cheek after climbing a slope at Klosters ski resort.

9.   Last year several tabloids published a photograph of Charles kissing Tiggy on the cheek after climbing a slope at Klosters ski resort in Switzerland.