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...Anna is in great shape and is an exceptional climber,” Graves said. “The sky’s the limit as to where she could go with her racing...
...easiest Tour win, if easy can be applied to a grueling three-week event that took riders over 3,270 km of rolling valleys and vertiginous mountain peaks. With one-time winner and three-time runner-up Jan Ullrich of Germany sidelined with a knee injury and legendary Italian climber Marco Pantani under drug suspension, Armstrong had only one real challenger - Spanish climber Joseba Beloki of once, who finished 7:17 behind...
...Upward Ho! Lining Up for Everest Last june, erik weihenmayer, right, became the first blind climber to reach Mount Everest's icy 8,850-m peak, and on his way he carved a hint of approachability in the mountain's otherwise treacherous face. Now there's a veritable buffet line of hopeful summiteers, from amputees to an all-women team to the descendants of the first climbers to reach the peak. It's no easy trek: though a record 182 people made it to the top last year, 90% of Everest climbers fail. By SORA SONG...
Last June, Erik Weihenmayer, right, became the first blind climber to reach Mount Everest's icy 29,035-ft. peak, and on his way he carved a hint of approachability in the mountain's otherwise treacherous face. Now there's a veritable buffet line of hopeful summiteers, from amputees to an all-woman team to the descendants of the first climbers to reach the peak. It's no easy trek: though a record 182 people made it to the top last year, 90% of Everest climbers fail. --By Sora Song...
DIED. WARREN HARDING, 77, first rock climber to scale Yosemite's El Capitan, who opened the door to "big wall" climbing in the U.S.--nicknamed "Batso" for his batlike tendency to hang from cliffs; of liver failure; in Happy Valley, Calif...