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Michael J. Ybarra, chronicler of extreme sports, dies at 45 in climbing accident
Kansas City Star LOS ANGELES – Michael J. Ybarra, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. |
Originally posted. July 8, 2012
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Michael J. Ybarra, chronicler of extreme sports, dies at 45 in climbing accident
Kansas City Star LOS ANGELES – Michael J. Ybarra, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. |
Originally posted. July 8, 2012
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Canadian climber killed on Colorado mountain
Sacramento Bee The body of a Canadian climber has been recovered from a southwest Colorado mountain after he fell to his death in a rain and hail storm. |
Originally posted. July 11, 2012
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Canadian climber killed on Colorado mountain
Sacramento Bee The body of a Canadian climber has been recovered from a southwest Colorado mountain after he fell to his death in a rain and hail storm. |
Originally posted. July 11, 2012
Alex Honnold's fingertips and toe tips barely cling on to the side of a mountain in Yosemite, thousands of feet in the air. He is free solo climbing, which means he has no rope to support him, so one false move would mean a long fall to the rocky ground below.
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Mesa officer honored for saving fellow cop during mountain climb
MyFox Phoenix In January Mesa Detective Ryan Hunt climbed that mountain with Surprise Police Officer Bob Gabrych. "We were selected as a team nationwide to honor Officer Jonathan Schmidt who fell in the line of duty," says Det. Hunt. They were climbing for Cops on … |
Benicia man dies while mountain climbing Justin Harold Beldin, 27, was beginning his descent of the 12,804-foot mountain with two companions when another group of hikers saw him drop from sight on the Northwest Couloir side of the ridge. Park rangers conducted an aerial search and spotted Beldin's body about 1,000 feet down the mountain. Donations to help pay for his funeral expenses can be made …
 Yellowstone Gate |
Benicia man dies while mountain climbing
San Francisco Chronicle Page 1 of 1. (07-23) 17:24 PDT BENICIA — A Benicia man fell to his death Sunday while climbing the Middle Teton in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, according to National Park Services officials. Justin Harold Beldin, 27, was beginning his descent … Climber Dies During Wyoming Mountain ClimbK2 Radio Climber dies in 1000-foot fall in Grand Teton National ParkReuters Mountain climber dies in fall from Middle TetonRexburg Standard Journal |
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Argentina expedition awaits Arkansas mountain climbers
Stars and Stripes FORT SMITH, Ark. — While doing a stint in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the 1990s, Mike Rossetti did a lot of training and hiking. It seems he found he liked it. “We called it 'rucking' or hiking up in the mountains with nothing for supplies but … |
 MiamiHerald.com |
Thomas Voeckler dominated four mountain climbs in the Pyrenees to win stage 16
SI.com BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France (AP) — Cadel Evans' vision of repeating as Tour de France champion vanished under the sun-baked punishment of the Pyrenees mountains on Wednesday, as Bradley Wiggins took another step toward taking the yellow … Wiggins tames the last mountain stage, can smell Tour victoryMiamiHerald.com Voeckler wins gruelling Tour de France mountain stageGuelph Mercury Wiggins ready to climbProgress Index |
