http://climbing.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Climbing GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-12T15:13:00Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/15/does-pikes-peak-look-like-denali.htm Moonset over Pikes Peak…or is it Denali? Photograph © Stewart M. Green Bob Schaffer, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, probably needs to take a refresher course in Colorado mountain geography.... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/15/does-pikes-peak-look-like-denali.htm 2008-05-15T14:34:29Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/12/climbing-quote-of-the-week.htm Snowy bouldering on The Ragged Edge on Pikes Peak, Colorado. Photograph © Stewart M. Green Chris Sharma, the best American rock climber, on rock climbing: "The strongest climbers aren’t always the happiest or... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/12/climbing-quote-of-the-week.htm 2008-05-12T15:13:00Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/09/mothers-and-climbers.htm Rob, Brian, CJ—do your mothers know what you’re up to? Yeah, we're on the summit of Independence Monument! Photograph © Stewart M. Green So Mother's Day is this Sunday. What are you... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/09/mothers-and-climbers.htm 2008-05-09T11:05:39Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/08/torching-the-summit.htm The Beijing Olympic torch held by Jiji was ignited by Luobuzhandui at 9:12 am on Mt. Qomolangma on Thursday. Photograph courtesy Beijing Olympic Committee. Well, we can all breathe... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/08/torching-the-summit.htm 2008-05-08T12:52:09Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/07/high-winds-new-snow-and-inexperience-on-everest.htm The past fair weather windows have come and gone but the Olympic torch still resides somewhere down on the north side of Mount Everest. The May 10 deadline that the... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/07/high-winds-new-snow-and-inexperience-on-everest.htm 2008-05-07T11:23:13Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/05/ed-webster-on-the-everest-torch-relay.htm Ed Webster, famed Everest mountaineer, at Indian Creek Canyon, Utah, April 2008. Photograph © Stewart M. Green My friend Ed Webster, a great American mountaineer and climber who was on... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/05/ed-webster-on-the-everest-torch-relay.htm 2008-05-05T11:52:07Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/04/china-cracks-down-on-false-everest-reports.htm As of today, May 4, the Olympic torch has not officially reached the summit. I reported a couple days ago that the PeakFreaks website had claimed that the torch had... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/04/china-cracks-down-on-false-everest-reports.htm 2008-05-04T10:48:17Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/02/olympic-rumor-on-everest.htm High winds aloft have stymied Chinese attempts to bring the Olympic torch to Everest’s summit. Photograph © Allen Kearney, Getty Images The reports from Mount Everest just keep getting stranger,... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/05/02/olympic-rumor-on-everest.htm 2008-05-02T16:57:44Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/04/30/chinese-going-for-the-summit.htm When will the Olympic torch reach the summit? Photograph by Paula Bronstein, Getty Images Reports out of Tibet indicate that the Olympic torch has begun its journey to the summit... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/04/30/chinese-going-for-the-summit.htm 2008-04-30T16:34:02Z http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/04/28/olympic-madness-on-mt-everest.htm Mt. Everest—A low point in Olympic history? Photograph: Getty Images It’s almost May and the beginning of the spring Mount Everest or Mount Qomolangma climbing season. Usually this time of year expeditions... http://climbing.about.com/b/2008/04/28/olympic-madness-on-mt-everest.htm 2008-04-28T14:51:14Z