Tag: climbing
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Colorado Springs man undergoes amputation after night on frigid 14er
There’s always a level of danger present in high-altitude mountaineering, especially as winter weather hits. Nick Noland, of Colorado Springs, experienced the full force of this risk on Oct. 22, when a dusk descent of 14,232-foot Mount Shavano left him lost and stranded on the peak overnight. After taking a break at the summit of…
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10-year-old Colorado girl scales Yosemite’s famed El Capitan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN FRANCISCO — A 10-year-old Colorado girl has scaled Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, taking five days to reach the top of the iconic rock formation. Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs completed the challenging 3,000-foot (910 meters) climb last week with the help of her…
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10-year-old Colorado girl scales Yosemite’s famed El Capitan
SAN FRANCISCO — A 10-year-old Colorado girl has scaled Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, taking five days to reach the top of the iconic rock formation. Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs completed the challenging 3,000-foot (910 meters) climb last week with the help of her father and a family friend. Selah and her father Mike…
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Man climbs 10 Colorado 14ers in 1 day, sets world record
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Michigan man has set a new world record, climbing ten 14ers in Colorado, in one day. “For the one day record Colorado is really the only place,” said Josh Sanders when asked why he decided to climb ten mountains here. Sanders began at the…
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Firefighters rescue climber near Garden of the Gods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 25-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday when he fell as much as 60 feet while climbing rock formations north of Garden of the Gods. The fall was reported just after 9 a.m. near Glen Eyrie in the 3800 block of North 30th Street. The…
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Climbers smash El Capitan’s climb record, scaling 3,000 ft in less than 2 hours
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — Two of the world’s best rock climbers coped with frightening falls and the deaths of two fellow climbers on the same rock in a month-long quest to shatter a mythical record in Yosemite National Park. Tenacity paid off Wednesday as Alex Honnold…
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Climbers smash El Capitan’s climb record, scaling 3,000 ft in less than 2 hours
LOS ANGELES — Two of the world’s best rock climbers coped with frightening falls and the deaths of two fellow climbers on the same rock in a month-long quest to shatter a mythical record in Yosemite National Park. Tenacity paid off Wednesday as Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell reached the top of El Capitan, the…
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Firefighters rescue climber near Garden of the Gods
A 25-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday when he fell as much as 60 feet while climbing rock formations north of Garden of the Gods. The fall was reported just after 9 a.m. near Glen Eyrie in the 3800 block of North 30th Street. The climber was brought down by Colorado Springs firefighters, who described…
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2 climbers – one from Colorado – killed climbing El Capitan in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The two men who fell to their deaths while climbing El Capitan at Yosemite National park over the weekend were elite climbers who partnered on routes since their college days in San Diego, family and friends said. Jason Wells, 45, and Tim Klein, 42, were about 1,000 feet (300 meters)…
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In 50th year, Mountain Chalet holding on to roots in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s a typical lunch hour at Mountain Chalet, which means Jim and Elaine Smith are greeting gear-seeking customers, renting out skis, fitting snowshoes, answering questions, and munching on popcorn when they can. “There’s always something…