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Adam Ondra (Czech pronunciation: [ˈadam ˈondra]; born February 5, 1993) is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. In 2013, Rock & Ice described Ondra as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. [ 1 ]
DENVER – Officials say a snowmobile rider was caught, buried and killed in an avalanche west of Denver on Saturday. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the avalanche ...
Prolific climber, adventurer, and BASE jumper, was killed in a BASE jumping accident near Zion National Park, Utah. [63] [64] Leary climbed Yosemite's El Capitan more than 50 times and had set numerous climbing records on that mountain, including setting speed records for climbing the Salathé Wall, with Alex Honnold; and The Nose.
On April 18, 2014, 16 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall. [11] [12] [13] On April 25, 2015, 19 people—the most ever in a single day on Everest—were killed in an avalanche at base camp after a 7.8 earthquake, which killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in Nepal.
He Made a Climbing Comeback After a Brain Tumor Courtesy Stewart Matthew Stewart started an adventure climbing Half Dome in Yosemite in 2023 just like many fit 28-year-olds would: Prepared ...
Another skier, in an avalanche separate from the one in Oregon, was killed near Powderhouse Peak in California, around 111 miles east of Sacramento, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
Elfrida Pigou (1911–1960) Canadian female climber, discovered crash site of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, died on Mount Waddington; Tadeusz Piotrowski mountaineer; Burçak Özoğlu Poçan (born 1970) Turkey, first Turkish female over 8,000 m (2005) Klára Poláčková (born 1978) first Czech female to ascent Everest
A California father was killed when he shoved his family out of the path of a runaway car — taking the hit himself. Adam Bouvet, 50, was walking back from lunch with his wife, two daughters and ...