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California Teen Becomes Youngest To Climb '7 Summits'

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

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BIG BEAR, Calif. -- A Southern California teenager became the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the seven tallest mountains on Ea...

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Mountain Looks Like a Coffee Table Book. It's Really About Sacred Places and the Reach For the Divine.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 12.11.2011

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There are big books that you buy for people you don't completely care about -- gift books, coffee table books. And then there are books like Mountain, books that cost you something to look through, books that repay the effort.

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Climbing Mt. Everest For The Women And Children Of The Congo

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.07.2011

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When I embarked on Everest, I had five of the seven summits behind me, but everything about this mountain, both physically and emotionally, was on a whole other level.

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Summit Day Suffering on 23,000 ft. Aconcagua

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we approach the 21,000 ft. mark, I'm moving slowly -- a laborious three breaths per step. A once-dull headache has blossomed into something seeming more serious.

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Patriarch of Maloney Clan, Clif Maloney, Passes On

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clif, 71, husband of Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, passed away in September after climbing one of the tallest mountains in the world, Mt. Cho Oyu, between Nepal and China.

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Erik Weihenmayer, Blind Man, Climbs Eldorado Canyon's Naked Edge (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Next time you can't quite get yourself off the couch, remember this guy: Erik Weihenmayer lost his sight at age 13. Then he started climbing. In a v...

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