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"Ger died doing what he loved: touching the void" – Mountaineer Pat Falvey writes comments in the Irish Independent, 4 August 2008 "Dreamers who risk death to feel most alive" – Derek Fanning writes for the Irish Independent, 10 August 2008 "The Time Has Come: Ger McDonnell ‑ His Life And His Death on K2" by Damien O'Brien, Gerard's ...
In 1923, Irvine took part in the Merton College Arctic Expedition to Spitsbergen which was led by George Binney, Irvine excelled on every front. [3] [8] Other mountaineers on the expedition were Tom Longstaff and Noel Odell, Irvine discovered that he and Odell had met in 1919 when Irvine had ridden his motorcycle to the top of Foel Grach, a 3,000-foot-high Welsh mountain, and surprised Odell ...
Mallory's body was found in 1999 but clues about Irvine's fate were elusive until a National Geographic team discovered a boot, still clothing the remains of a foot, on the peak's Central Rongbuk ...
A National Geographic documentary crew has found the possible partial remains of Andrew Irvine, a British climber who vanished on Mount Everest 100 years ... Mallory's body was found in 1999, but ...
Michael Reardon (May 1, 1965 – July 13, 2007) was an American professional free solo climber, filmmaker, motivational speaker and writer. Reardon died at age 42, after being swept to sea by a rogue wave , shortly after climbing a sea cliff at Dohilla in County Kerry , Ireland.
DNA testing found the remains are those of a German climber who vanished in September 1986, police said. The then 38-year-old man was reported missing after failing to return from a hike, police said.
Human remains discovered more than three decades ago have been identified as a missing UC Berkeley student who vanished on Halloween night in 1989, authorities announced this week.. Wendy Abrams ...
On July 9, 2007, Boskoff's company reported her body had been found the previous week, though the danger of falling rocks stopped search crews from retrieving her body. [5] Boskoff's body was not brought down from the 20,000-foot (6,100 m) peak for two months, until 15 rescuers could climb the rocky terrain to bring it down.