Everest torch silence breeds frustration Sub-zero temperatures and altitude sickness were bad enough, but a lack of information about just when a special Olympic flame would start up Mount Everest made journalists doubly miserable at Base Camp on Tuesday. 2008-04-29
Everest climbing season threatened by Tibet turmoil Expeditions to Mount Everest are being cancelled because of Chinese restrictions on access to Tibet as it prepares to put the Olympic torch on the summit and clamps down on unrest in the Himalayan region, an organiser said. 2008-03-22
Cliffs and canyon at Utah's Zion Park Late each winter, when the snow gets sloppy and the streams get muddy, the same thought begins creeping ever more insistently into my mind: I need green. I need warm. I need spring. 2008-03-18
Everest climbers prepare for ban Climbers are being told by Nepalese officials that Mount Everest's summit will be put off-limits to the public from all sides during the first 10 days of May, so the Chinese can carry an Olympic torch to the summit without risking a high-altitude confrontation over Tibet's future. 2008-03-16
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