... Sherpa tribe who live around Mount Everest in Nepal and help climbers up the mountain. She said each Sherpa is named for a day of the ... that most were short with short fingers and toes. Each climber has one Sherpa who stays with them. It takes two weeks to ...

... as the world's best climber, put the three-ring ... and suggested any ice climbers who stopped in write ... climber. He was more a climber's climber instead of a peak bagger ... 1995, a year when six climbers died on Mount McKinley ...

... Mountains National Park, that the tree climbers dropped their backpacks and began to ... who climb big trees for a living. The climbers included Chris Pribisco, Brian Hinshaw ... the Rocky Mountains. At Jim Branch the climbers tested 10 trees by taking branch samples ...

PARADISE, Wash. (AP) -- A high-altitude helicopter plucked four climbers and their five rescuers off Mount Rainier on Wednesday evening, two days after the climbers lost gear in an avalanche. The mountaineers walked off the Army Reserve ...

... destination for rock climbers from around the world ... d be staying,'' climber Yvon Chouinard said ... to the world's top climbers. The camp has one of ... Slab. ''It's a climber's dream. You say ... become the focus of the climbers' fight against ...

... but I know that I can win." With Gesink on his side, Menchov's ambitions carry added legitimacy. The 23-year-old climber from the Netherlands will be riding in his first Tour but has already confirmed his talent this season with a third-place ...

... s best sprinter from Mark Cavendish of Britain, and Franco Pellizotti from Italy took the polka-dot jersey of the best climber off Spain's Egoi Martinez. Contador, the 26-year-old winner of the 2007 Tour and a pre-race favorite, said Sunday ...

... Pyrenees after two mostly flat stages. That's when the Armstrong-Contador rivalry could emerge. They are both far better climbers than Cancellara, one of the world's best time trial riders. Next up is Stage 5, a 122-mile ride along the Mediterranean ...

... between Gerona and Barcelona, scheduled a day before the big rendezvous in Arcalis. To Contador's advantage, he's the best climber in the world and his legs are 11 years younger than Armstrong's. He's rejoicing that the race is finally reaching his ...

... Contador had been superior. "I think when Alberto went, he showed he's the best rider in the race, certainly the best climber. ... Hats off to him," Armstrong said. The American vowed that he would not go against the interests of the team by attacking ...