MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — The bodies of three world-renowned professional mountaineers — two Austrians and an American — were found Sunday after they went missing during an avalanche on a western Canadian summit, the national parks agency said. American Jess Roskelley, 36, and Hansjorg Auer, 35, and David Lama, 28, of Austria went missing late Tuesday at Banff National Park. Authorities launched an aerial search the next day. The three men were attempting to climb […]
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Mountaineers climb Dufour and Mont Blanc in 50 hours
Reuters — Ski climbers Bernhard Hug and Tony Sbalbi recently (May 15-17) made an attempt to climb the highest peaks in Switzerland and France in 50 hours. This follows their seven-peak tour two years ago, which saw them climbing all peaks over 4000 meters in the Aletsch region using touring skis in just 20 hours. Setting off from Zermatt the two climbers encounter soft snow as they ascended the Dufourspitze, over 4600 m above sea […]





