Read more climbing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20602/climbing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:20:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65202/american-japanese-climbers-die-on-mt-fuji.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn American climber and his Japanese colleague have been found frozen to death on Mount Fuji, AP reports. Authorities believe the men, reported missing last weekend, perished on their way down from the summit. The deaths on the famous mountain follow those of ten elderly hikers who died of exposure...http://www.newser.com/story/65202/american-japanese-climbers-die-on-mt-fuji.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 4:33:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64083/armstrong-plays-second-fiddle-to-teammate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLance Armstrong suffered a late setback today as a teammate made a last-minute push in the seventh stage of the Tour de France, the New York Times reports. Armstrong's Astana teammate Alfredo Contador didn't win the longest stage of the Tour—Brice Feillu did—and Rinaldo Nocentini still holds the...http://www.newser.com/story/64083/armstrong-plays-second-fiddle-to-teammate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 13:21:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60505/olympic-snowboarder-dies-in-climbing-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Olympic snowboarding champ Karine Ruby of France died yesterday after she and two fellow climbers tumbled into a glacial crevasse while descending Mont Blanc in France. One of her companions survived the fall, but sustained serious injuries and was air-lifted to the hospital. The 31-year-old Ruby, who won a...http://www.newser.com/story/60505/olympic-snowboarder-dies-in-climbing-accident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 7:57:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29310/two-daredevils-climb-times-tower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo men scaled the New York Times ' 52-story headquarters today within hours of each other, the New York Post reports. Police identified the first as Alain Robert, a French climber known as Spiderman for scaling skyscrapers with minimal equipment. He unfurled a banner reading, “Global warming kills more people...http://www.newser.com/story/29310/two-daredevils-climb-times-tower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 19:14:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28680/robot-offers-hope-to-would-be-spidermen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers have created a wall-climbing robot that uses electrically activated adhesion to get up any surface—dusty, wet, glass or concrete. Other Spiderman-imitating machines use a different kind of gecko-inspired technology and generate stronger sticking power than the new ‘bot, but the simplicity of the approach means it could work...http://www.newser.com/story/28680/robot-offers-hope-to-would-be-spidermen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 May 2008 15:30:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16184/mountain-of-litter-spoiling-everest-majesty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMount Everest remains an irresistable lure for hundreds of climbers every year—and it shows in a bad way. In the wake of Edmund Hillary's death, the Independent surveys the landscape of the world's highest mountain and finds it littered with climbers' trash. It's a matter of logistics, experts say....http://www.newser.com/story/16184/mountain-of-litter-spoiling-everest-majesty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Jan 2008 18:20:00 CST