Prone to sudden vicious weather and arctic conditions, Mt. McKinley is a serious mountaineering undertaking even on its easier routes. |
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They have learned about camping in snow conditions and have mastered skilled mountaineering rope work. |
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As with mountaineering and tobogganing, few members of a film audience have first-hand experience of sky-diving. |
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We have revived the sport of mountaineering in a major way, after a gap of 43 years. |
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For a small nation we have made remarkable contributions to world mountaineering throughout the sport's history. |
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My mountaineering partner, John, and I have had to cancel our climbing expedition to Tibet. |
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Many interesting mountain trails beckon mountaineering enthusiasts to the Zanskar valley. |
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Inspired, Kumar flung himself into high-altitude mountaineering and began racking up notable achievements. |
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Don't even think about stepping onto a glacier until you've dialed in these mountaineering skills. |
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With Phil Berry, our mountaineering guide, I pushed up to the top of the pass by noon. |
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As a wise man once said, true mountaineering only really requires duct tape and a plane ticket. |
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Lose a spouse and find another, lose a job and retrain for another, give up mountaineering and take up rambling. |
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Sports such as skiing, sailing, running and mountaineering have become hugely popular among the silver-haired adrenaline junkies. |
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The pair, who are experienced climbers, chose the mountain to improve their winter mountaineering skills. |
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Five other peaks in the range have long been opened for international mountaineering. |
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Michael, we know that in Europe ski mountaineering is considered as much a branch of mountaineering as say, ice climbing. |
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Today, tree-sits are sophisticated efforts employing cell phones, walkie-talkies, Web sites, mountaineering gear, and savvy public relations. |
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But almost 50 square miles of ski mountaineering terrain make the lifts pale in comparison. |
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Using a mix of dramatic reconstructions and interviews, the film recreates a story that has passed into mountaineering legend. |
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Mr Scott, 29, who has qualifications in mountaineering, canoeing, mountain biking and yachting, was delighted by his new role. |
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The documentary, due out in the autumn, will follow a mountaineering novice on his attempt to conquer Everest. |
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Even when he's not mountaineering, Ward's life has always been avalanched with adrenaline. |
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The tents which are dotted about, range from top mountaineering quality to tatty improvised structures made of bamboo and straw. |
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Jeremy writes with experience to set the scene for a mountaineering tragedy. |
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Veteran British mountaineer Chris Bonington, who climbed Everest in 1985, has now joined those demanding a change in the mountaineering culture. |
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But mountaineering involves risk, and occasionally a mountaineer must be rescued. |
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The five were part of a 15-person mountaineering expedition from the university. |
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If you are planning adventure activities such as scuba diving or mountaineering, ensure these are covered by your policy. |
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McDonald left the north-east of England in the early 1950s to pursue his love of mountaineering and skiing. |
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Training included general mountaineering skills such as outdoor cooking and camping in snow caves. |
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Hinged crampons are used for mountaineering and snow climbing, not ice climbing. |
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He tossed away the concept of oxygen tanks and big teams and camps, and made mountaineering a more equal contest between man and mountain. |
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Both these book are essential reading for those interested in Sherpa society and in Himalayan mountaineering. |
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As a mountaineer, part of the beauty of mountaineering, for me, is the level of personal challenge involved. |
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Nowadays, people go for the skiing and mountaineering, and it's a lot quieter than most of the big alpine resorts. |
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Equipment failure in rock climbing and mountaineering is extraordinarily rare. |
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He took up mountaineering in 1993 and in the space of 12 years has achieved a great track record. |
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Unlike mountaineering, which it is often compared to, caving is very much a team effort. |
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Ski mountaineering or touring is a popular Alpine pursuit in spring, when the weather is clement and the crevasses are mapped. |
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Climb great lines in spectacular settings around the world, experiencing all the different types of climbing and mountaineering. |
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He liked canoeing, climbing and mountaineering, kite buggying, sailing, windsurfing, paragliding and mountain biking. |
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He also took part in many mountaineering expeditions all over the world and is an avid skier. |
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She will also try her hand at ice climbing, mountaineering and trekking. |
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Next morning, I wanted to get in among the views, so I tackled the nearby Rhune mountain via rack-and-pinion railway, my preferred method of mountaineering. |
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On the phone, Garrett cites a New York-based explorer, Moses Gates, who compares urban exploration with mountaineering. |
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In addition, I have several subsidiary areas of interest, including, not surprisingly, wildfowl, and also mountaineering and political biographies. |
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Most mountaineering trainers say that rock climbing is all in the head. |
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I grabbed my ski mountaineering gear, he kick-started his enduro bike, and riding double we motorcycled up the jeep trail to snowline on East Maroon Pass. |
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Everest summiteer and author of Military Mountainteering, Bronco Lane, says Jeremy writes with experience to set the scene for a mountaineering tragedy. |
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Apart from learning the skills of climbing and mountaineering, these students also interact with the students of the valley and play games with them. |
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Trail will be rounded off with news and trends from the mountaineering and walking worlds. |
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And let it be known that Michael Kennedy is also an accomplished skier, loves ski mountaineering, and has plenty of insight into issues important to glisse alpinists. |
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The aim is to provide novice mountaineers with the basic skills and techniques of cross-country skiing, snow survival, mountaineering, and ice climbing. |
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Eventually the unique capabilities of ski-planes to provide fast, economical and safe access to remote glaciers caught on amongst the mountaineering community. |
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Another sport that took off in this period was Alpine mountaineering. |
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His interests include mountain biking, mountaineering, poetry and art. |
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Until now intelligent textiles were mainly aimed at sports, mountaineering and leisure wear. |
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Nor was mountaineering, or indeed apiculture, his only accomplishment. Two views are often expressed about his life. |
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Adventure sports and mountaineering could lure in travelers during the off season, but they are still limited. |
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While you don't need previous mountaineering experience to ski the backcountry, you do need to be in good shape. |
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Often inseparable from their association with world-class mountaineering, the Sherpas of Nepal inhabit much of the Solu-Khumbu or Khumbu regions of the Himalayas. |
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In the 19th century, when mountaineering was developing as a sport, the playing field was highly restricted. |
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After this, the area became a focus for mountaineering and glaciological research, a role which continues today. |
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It has a new blue and red logo, and has broadened its horizons, adding travel and adventure sports to its ski and mountaineering product ranges. |
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The cordage and ropes falling within this item include those used in mountaineering and water sports. |
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I probably caught the virus from a father who probably forgot it... Hiking, tour skiing, via ferrata, rock climbing and a bit of mountaineering. |
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The place is crawling with mountaineering types always ready to don their gear at the slightest hint of an invitation to climb something. |
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Do your mountaineering independently or let Alberta's world-class guides show you the ropes and show off the scenery. |
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She was thus able to continue school, earning honours in economics before continuing her studies at mountaineering school. |
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With the slightly thicker sheath than the Merlin, the Kestrel is particularly suitable for alpine mountaineering and ice climbing. |
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Rhône-Alps, the region where mountaineering was born, owes it to itself to set an example in the quality of its tourist resorts. |
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Parrado was one of the men who set out without any mountaineering equipment to find help and save the other survivors. |
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In the winter, there is good ice climbing, winter mountaineering, snowshoeing as well as downhill, backcountry and cross-country skiing. |
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They participate in a range of activities, including backcountry camping, hiking, ski touring, caving, mountaineering and ice climbing. |
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During its first six years of existence, Bert worked for Bever as a salesman and mountaineering specialist. |
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The region is a major tourist destination, and the mountains, with their wide range of mountaineering challenges, have become one of the top climbing destinations in the country. |
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Haley expects great interest in the sale from Mallory memorabilia collectors, mountaineering enthusiasts, gay historians and Bloomsbury scholars alike. |
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Therefore, we can certainly offer you some mountaineering challenges. |
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The outdoor chain sells a wide range of clothing, footwear and other articles from internationally reputed brands for outdoor activities like expeditions, mountaineering and camping. |
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Warm clothing is always a must for tours in the foothills, and if you plan to reach higher altitudes you will need proper mountaineering equipment. |
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Product flexibility can be customized for a diverse range of operations, from firefighting, mountaineering and mining to oil and gas monitoring, sensor monitoring, and conducting high-end covert surveillance. |
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His interests include jogging, tennis, swimming and mountaineering. |
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All our speed riding instructors are paragliding instructors and have other qualifications such as ski instruction and mountaineering, and experience in world competitions for cross-country flying or stunt flying. |
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All routes which tackle Crib Goch are considered mountaineering routes or scrambles. |
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Some believe the ultimate mountaineering experience of the UK is the full traverse of the Cuillin Ridge, especially under winter conditions. |
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In mountaineering and climbing literature, a massif is frequently used to denote the main mass of an individual mountain. |
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He suffers an injury which is an entirely foreseeable consequence of mountaineering but has nothing to do with his knee. |
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The list includes not only mountains, but also subpeaks with little prominence that are considered important mountaineering objectives. |
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Though hillwalking can entail scrambling in order to reach a mountain summit, it is not mountaineering. |
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These posts were subsequently cut down by climbers, sparking controversy in mountaineering circles on the ethics of such additions. |
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She received a first grade in mountaineering and became director of the Moscow State University alpinism club. |
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Downwards in powder snow with daring turns and spectacular inclines, the movement possibilities of freeski mountaineering are unique, manifold, challenging, and yet graceful, natural, and logical. |
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The decision to team up with a world leader in ski, mountaineering and climbing boots so low profile that it's virtually unknown to the broader public may seem surprising. |
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After months of training and preparation, the adventurers, veterans of sailing races, back country skiing, marathons and mountaineering say they are in top shape. |
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In mountaineering, Nazir Sabir, Hassan Sadpara, and Samina Baig are the only Pakistanis to have climbed Mount Everest. |
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He had a special love for the compactness of Sikkim, squeezed between Tibet and India, whose elegant, shining peaks he helped open again to mountaineering. |
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There are less numbers of Sherpa who are continuing the mountaineering tradition,'' said Ang Tshering, of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. |
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The themes range from a search for the meaning of life to an ice-cold mountaineering drama: a number of German film productions that had been awaited with anticipation by cinema-goers worldwide are now finally on show. |
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Started in 1986 making equipment for some of North America's top mountaineers, Integral Designs still has its roots in mountaineering and lightweight backpacking markets. |
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Some are active mountain rescuers, teachers and psychologists, while others still are instructors in speleology and mountaineering. |
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If you are looking for relaxation, there are long sandy beaches and a wide range of opportunities for adventure holidays, hiking, mountaineering or scuba diving. |
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All of the climbers stranded at camps high up Mount Everest by a huge earthquake and avalanches have been helicoptered to safety, in a rescue effort unprecedented in mountaineering history. |
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Physical training, shooting, running, mountaineering, orientation and scouting, hand-to-hand combat, explosives, APC and airborne incretion and evac, etc. |
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Although straightforward in mountaineering terms, it's no place to be without an ice axe and crampons when snow and ice cover the upper reaches of the mountain. |
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There's always the option of indoor climbing walls or the opportunity to learn winter mountaineering skills in some of Wales' most scenically beautiful regions. |
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New Zealand is known for its extreme sports, adventure tourism and strong mountaineering tradition, as seen in the success of notable New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary. |
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Ambleside is a base for hiking, mountaineering and mountain biking. |
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Motocross, cycling, and mountaineering are also becoming popular. |
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From the author of the classic mountaineering disaster memoir Touching The Void comes a novel featuring a relationship lethally torn apart on a stormbound mountain. |
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Skiing, snowboarding and mountaineering are among the most popular sports in Switzerland, the nature of the country being particularly suited for such activities. |
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Then he placed himself in the capable hands of his guide, Evans, a member of the mountaineering Chaga tribe, who picked him up the 10 or so times he fell on the way back down. |
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His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering. |
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