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4 hrs ago | The Gazette

Well-known swim coach dies in mountain-climbing accident

U.S. Paralympic swimming coach Jimi Flowers, whose passion, insight and motivation helped turn the Americans from a little-known contender into an acclaimed powerhouse, died Friday in a climbing accident near Aspen.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Summer Sports, Olympic Swimming, Outdoor Recreation, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

9 hrs ago | The First Post

Christian Stangl, the Skyrunner

Rupert Murdoch's News Group paid victims 1m out of court to keep the practice quiet, says the Guardian By Freddie Martin F IRST P OSTED J D ecked out in just training clothes and cross-country shoes, Austrian alpinist Christian Stangl didn't look as if he was about to embark on an expedition to climb Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in the ...

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Connecticut's WB 20

Artist brothers live over the edge, install 'living space' on building wall in Brazil

Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge - literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet up in the air.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Invermere Valley Echo

Jumbo Creek to Lake of the Hanging Glaciers

That, in combination with his well-known skills as a mountain climbing guide, led a number of experienced mountaineers to seek his services for remote trips into the heart of the Purcells.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

SA man killed in Canada

A South Australian man has fallen to his death while mountain climbing in Canada.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

About.com

Competition Climbing Set for World Games in Taiwan

Should climbing be a sport in the Olympic Games ? It's a question that's been debated for twenty years now since the first climbing World Cup in 1989.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Sports, Olympic Soccer, Olympic Water Polo, Outdoor Recreation, Snowboarding, Winter Sports

Warrnambool Standard

A fleeting look at Tibetan art

MOUNTAIN climbing is challenging for anyone, but try tackling passes among the world's highest peaks half starved.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Huliq.com

Adventure Travel To Armenia As It Kicks Off Climbing Festival

Armenia, which recently has made headlines as an adventure travel destination because of numerous mountains and cheap prices yesterday started it's first international mountain climbing festival called Arev.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Mayo News

Mighty Mayo Mountain Challenge

COULD you climb the three highest peaks in Mayo Mweelrea, Croagh Patrick and Nephin in one day? Well, if yes is your answer then here's your chance to prove it.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

News Observer

If there's a mountain, climb it

Many people try to start businesses. And there are those who try to climb mountains.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Associated Content

Mountain Climbing: Pelister

Location In the South of Europe, on the Balkan, in Macedonia, a small country with lots of mountains with great beauthiful landscapes.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports

Williamson Herald

Ready to ride: Brentwood boys, cousin trek across America on bikes

After going only 1,100 miles of the approximately 4,400 planned over 18 days, they had to put their trip on hold for a few days due to illness, but Brentwood residents Jay and Sam Wilcox and their cousin Ben Wilcox from the suburbs of Chicago plan to be back on the road Saturday to complete their bicycle ride across America.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Asylum

Teen Becomes Youngest to Set Mountain-Climbing Record

When Johnny Strange climbed the 29,035 feet of Mt. Everest, he not only reached the highest point in the world, he scaled the tallest peak on his sixth continent.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

KIROTV

Tacoma Climbing Teacher Falls During Mt. Baker Climb

A Tacoma mountain climbing teacher is in the hospital after a fall during a climb on Mt.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

North Jersey Media Group

Mountain-climbing sailor survives by wits, luck

BREMERTON, Wash. a ' Chris Bruce had no trouble climbing Mount Adams. Getting down was another story.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Horsebytes: Letter VII - Long's Peak

Editor's note: This is a P-I Reader Blog. P-I Reader Blogs are not written or edited by the P-I. They are written by readers, for readers.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Mankato Free Press

Andrew Swanson 'the real deal'

Andrew Swanson's casket is removed from First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, where Thursday services were held for the 36-year-old Mankato physician.

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Related Topix: Mankato, MN, Outdoor Recreation

SearchViews

RepriseMe: Number 26 - Sara Wiezorek - Manager, Business Development

A Welcome to Number 26 in our continuing series profiling the men and women who put the extra coat of shellac on the woodworking class project that is Reprise Media .

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Daily Camera

Boulder's newest gym unites climbing and fitness

Donell Humphrey, assistant manager of Boulder's new Movement Climbing and Fitness gym, applies texturing to a climbing wall at the 2845 Valmont Road complex, which is set to open July 25.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Sun Online

Brit climber falls to death in Italy

A BRITISH woman who extended her mountain climbing holiday by a DAY fell 300ft to her death just hours before she was due to fly home.

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