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Rock Climber dies at Yosemite - 2007-11-12 by bwat

A rock climber died in Yosemite National Park over the weekend
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Woman Falls To Her Death At Gym - 2007-10-31 by ccheline

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Wichita Falls police are trying to determine what led to a 19-year-old woman falling to her death at a rock climbing gym.
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Climber Dies at Poke-O-Moonshine, Adirondacks, NY - 2007-10-10 by tallnik

Dennis Luther passed away this past weekend while climbing.
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6 Swiss Soldiers killed in avalanche on Jungfrau - 2007-07-29 by give_r

Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Swiss soldiers in two parties of three die in avalanche on Jungfrau.
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BBC Reports Four Climbers dead on Mount Blanc - 2007-07-25 by domu888

Four climbers were found dead at 13,120ft on Mount Blanc, July 24, 2007.
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UPDATED - Reardon Feared Dead - 2007-07-16 by socialclimber

Mike Reardon is missing, presumed drowned while on a climbing trip to Ireland
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Christine Boskoff's body found - 2007-07-09 by phaedrus

The body of Christine Boskoff, missing for seven months, has been found on a peak in China.
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Ever after on Everest - 2007-05-24 by rockymountainnews

Francys Arsentiev strode into the Telluride bank that spring day in 1998, stoked and confident. She was leaving soon to make history on Mount Everest, where she hoped to be the first American woman to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain without supplemental oxygen.
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Seattle loses remarkable climber to Mt Wake - 2007-05-11 by admin

Mnt Rainer climbing guide, Lara-Karena Kellogg, 38 was killed on April 23rd while descending the Northeast Buttress of Mt. Wake (ca. 9,100 feet) after being forced to turn back due to snowstorms before the summit.
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AAC Grant Established in Lara Kellogg's Name - 2007-05-03 by AAC

A fund has been established in Lara Kellog’s honor at the American Alpine Club. Kellogg, an AAC member, died during an attempt on the the Northeast Buttress of Mt. Wake in the Alaska Range.
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Veteran Dies on Everest - 2007-04-29 by socialclimber

The 40 year old Dawa Sherpa, fell into a crevasse on Thursday between camps two and three while working as part of the Everest International Expedition.
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Bees Render Climber Unconscious - 2007-03-21 by socialclimber

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Ice Climber Dies in Colorado Springs - 2007-01-29 by rckymntneer

Ice climber falls 170 feet while preparing for climb.
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Japanese Climber Lucky To Be Alive - 2007-01-27 by socialclimber

Two climbers are dead due to a rock fall from near the top of Mt. Cook, New Zealands heighest mountain, the third climber in the group survived because his anchor was cut by the same rockfall.
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Body Of US Climber Found:UPDATED - 2006-12-29 by socialclimber

The body of one American climber has been identified, the other still missing on Genyen Mountain in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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Harald Berger Killed in Ice Fall - 2006-12-24 by socialclimber

Austrian Harald Berger, three times Ice climbing World Champion, died on the 20th of December after the roof of an ice cave he was climbing in collapsed on him. No others were hurt.
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Three Missing on Mt. Hood UPDATED - 2006-12-22 by socialclimber

Searchers continue to be hampered by high winds and poor weather while they search for three climbers, missing since Sunday on Oregon's Mt. Hood. The climbers intentions were well known. Climb the 11,239 foot mountain via a route on the difficult north face, then descend the south face. The three failed to appear at a pre-arranged meeting with a friend on Saturday afternoon
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Danish Climber Dies in Mt.Cook National Park - 2006-12-06 by socialclimber

At 7.30am this morning emergency services received a call that a 24 year old woman had fallen 300m near Annette Plateau in the Mt Cook National Park. She has since been rescued by the Mt Cook Rescue Team and flown to Christchurch Hospital where her condition is said to be serious. "She has suffered serious head injuries," says Constable Brent SWANSON, Twizel Police. The woman had been a member of a party of four clients with a guide on a basic
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Texas rock climber dies in fall - 2006-12-01 by admin

Legendary N. Texas rock climber and environmental advocate, Jimmy Ray Forester, dies in fall at 43.
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Search abandoned for illegal French climbers - 2006-11-25 by socialclimber

Four French mountaineers who illegally crossed into Tibet from Nepal to climb the 7200m Ganesh Himal 7, are believed to have died in an avalanche.
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Todd Skinner Dies in Rappel Accident - 2006-11-13 by ddt

Latest update on the death of Todd Skinner.
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