Sentence examples for guided climbs from inspiring English sources

Numerous adventure travel companies in the United States and abroad offer guided climbs of Kilimanjaro.

And most important, guided climbs dramatically reduce the odds of losing digits or dying.

Jon Krakauer, in his acclaimed book "Into Thin Air," complained of Weathers's "sketchy" skills, his novice's choice of footwear, even his right-wing politics; Weathers, who'd paid $65,000, became the poster boy for everything wrong with guided climbs.

15 Even so, an overall trend toward increasing success rates in summiting Mount Everest without an associated rise in death supports the contention that professionally guided climbs could actually improve safety overall.

Open May-September; €15 per pitch per night or €350 a week to rent a roulotte which sleep up to four; no telephone, chateaumonfreville.com Thorwaldblick is a rock-climbing hub on Germany's eastern border, and visitors can get guided climbing or hiking tours from park rangers.

The Szundys had just started their guided climbing service on Alyeska Glacier, in partnership with the popular Alyeska ski resort.

Of the twenty-five men hit by the falling ice, sixteen were killed, all of them Nepalis working for guided climbing teams.

One is a biography of a man who helped open the era of guided climbing on Everest; the other offers a portrait of the mountain as a magnet for selfishness and bad behavior.

Sure, there's always an adventure that's more dangerous or more expensive, such as a $30 million ride to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket, or a $70,000 guided climb of the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest.

Her mountaineer friend Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who guides climbs of major peaks around the world, was with a client near Base Camp on Mt. Everest, where the quake prompted an avalanche.

In addition to paddling classes and rafting trips, the center offers rock climbing instruction, and guided rock climbing and hiking trips.