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86Best Mountain Climbing Books
Best mountain climbing books that everyone, not only climbers, could enjoy.
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84Famous Mountains
Nature is full of beauty, there are countless things around the world which remind us about the beauty of the world we live in. Truly we live in a beautiful world and out of all these beautiful things,...
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83Tips for Newbies on Trekking and Mountain Climbing
Here are some valuable tips for newbies who are into trekking and mountaineering. These tips provide information on many aspects of trekking like essential things to be taken and some steps to be taken...
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78Split Mountain
Split Mountain is the eighth highest peak in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. At 14,058 feet, Split is one the 12 California "fourteeners" (peaks that are above 14000 feet) in the Sierras. It is...
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78Cog Railways In Austria
Cog railways are the true veterans among the many mountain railways and cable cars in the European Alps. In the late nineteenth century these masterpieces of railway engineering opened up the mountains for...
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77Beginners Guide to Rock Climbing
“There are only three real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and [rock] climbing. All the others are mere games.” -Ernest Hemingway Rock climbing is one of the most exhilarating adventures you will...
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76Arizona High
The skies were a bit cloudy and it was cool in northern Arizona. Yesterday we arrived in a much hotter Page, Arizona where I gave a talk on John Wesley Powell's ascent of Longs Peak, Colorado in 1868,...
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74How to Get to the Top of Mt Fuji
I’d seen Mt Fuji before, a short glimpse from the shinkansen (bullet train) as I sped from Osaka to Tokyo. At that time it was covered in snow, looking like a very elegant white volcano – a...
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71Climbing in Colombia - Part 2
Part II The next morning, we made the pass, through a hole in a stone wall built along the ridge with at least a hundred stick crosses jammed into the rocks by God-grateful travelers. Not wishing to appear...
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72Mt. Rainier Training Hurts My Pride
Mt. Rainier in WA State. I thought I would start you off with a picture of the beautiful mountain. Mt. Rainier is located in Washington State a little more then an hour southeast of Seattle. Mt. Rainier is...
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