Congrats to Oh Eun-sun on this astounding accomplishment. Very few people can claim such a feat.
Via the AP:

A South Korean climber has become the first woman to scale 14 of the world’s highest mountains.
Seoul broadcaster KBS television showed live coverage Tuesday of Oh Eun-sun reaching the summit of Annapurna and affixing a South Korean flag [...]

Last week, an Oakland climber named Tom Bennet died while descending from the summit of Mt Shasta. My condolences to friends and family.
Via the AP and NY Times:
A rescue team on Thursday recovered the body of a missing climber who was stranded near the summit of Mount Shasta in Northern California. Rangers found the body of 26-year-old [...]

First, I don’t have children. Second, I despise self-righteous people telling other people how to raise their children. Third, I’ve never climbed in the Himalayas (someday I’ll get there).
So… I am completely unqualified to comment on this and you can feel free to ignore me if you like.
But I gotta say, 13 seems awfully young [...]

I packed the gear the night before, Dara checked the weather, and I was even somewhat awake at 6 am.  It seemed like sneaking out on a Wednesday morning to drive to Lake Tahoe was shaping up to be an excellent idea. I had taken the day off from work to bring Dara (my climbing [...]

While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to keep California State Parks open, he didn’t stress how drastic some changes would be to deal with the 14.2 million dollar reduction in the Park budget.
A summary of the service reductions in store for most of California’s 278 state parks was created by the park superintendants to highlight the major [...]

Hi Mom. Guess what? I've got cerebral edema and I'm freezing to death. How's Dad?
That's right. The summit of Mt. Everest is about to be enveloped in a comforting shroud of cell coverage. So you can take the sat phone off your shopping list. That should knock a thousand bucks off the 50k [...]

Scaling Mt. Everest 16 times and breaking a speed record just wasn't enough. Pemba Dorje and his two brothers now not only want to scale it again, they also want to stay on the summit for 24 hours before heading down. That's nutso, but good luck to ya!
From the AP:
Between the three of them, the [...]