Can a couple of out-of-shape climbers make it up the Matterhorn by a classic technical route? What is up with “Sierra fourth class”? Can your underwear really make its way into your intestinal tract? Emilie and Patrick find out…

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

Via the AP:

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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

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 y

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

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

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 y

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 goo