Climbing

Magazine articles on rock climbing and mountain climbing.

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Outside November 2003 Greg Child	Buried in the Past Thirty years after losing his brother on a Himalayan peak, Reinhold Messner battles ugly accusations that he abandoned him at the top.
Outside November 2003 Mark Jenkins	Head Trip Sometimes the toughest climb is out of your mind and into your own animal skin: knowing how, as an alpine climber, to turn off your head sometimes.
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	A Lofty Take on Leadership: Mountain Climbing and Managing Companies Wharton management professor Michael Useem has just published a book using experiences in mountain climbing to describe how business leaders reach their summits.
Outside September 2003 Maria Coffey	The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow
Outside August 2003	Base Camp Breakdown Running the numbers on the world's tallest mountain
Outside June 2003	Virgin Ascents So you want to climb a mountain, but you've never done it before. No sweat -- there's a first time for everything. Even the world's greatest climbers were once beginners like you, gearing up with ropes, carabiners and crampons and heading for the hills for their first technical ascents.
Outside June 2003 Nick O'Connell	Mountaineering 101: Top Ten From Half Dome to Denali, meet the best teachers in the business, progressively ratchet up your skill set, and graduate at the top of the continent.
Outside June 2003 Clyde Soles	Chalk It Up Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day.
CIO May 15, 2003 Julie Hanson	Because It's There Mount Everest poses many challenges. Rough, variable weather. Altitude acclimatization. Hazardous icefalls. And then there's setting up an Internet cafe on a glacier that moves up to three feet a day.
Outside May 2003 Rob Buchanan	Slave to the Quest Ten years ago, extreme snowboarder Stephen Koch cooked up a media-savvy plan to become the first to climb and ride down the Seven Summits. Now there's only one mountain left to conquer: Everest. And for his grand finale, Koch is determined to fling himself down the most dangerous descent possible.
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