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| French Climb Major New Route on Mt. Dickey 5/13/08 - Four French climbers have made the first ascent of the northeast arete of Mt. Dickey in Alaska. Hidden Alaskan Peak Gets First Ascent 5/13/08 - Ben Gilmore, Maxime Turgeon, and Freddie Wilkinson have completed the first ascent of the Bat's Ears, an 11,044-foot peak that was possibly the highest unclimbed major summit in the Alaska Range. French Team Repeats Alaskan Testpiece 5/09/08 - A quartet of French climbers has repeated the 1974 route on the southeast face of Mt. Dickey in the Alaska Range, likely the third ascent of this mile-high alpine climb. The Haute Route in a Day! 5/05/08 - A pair of elite French skiers has completed the famed Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt in less than 24 hours. Austrian Woman Climbs 11th 8,000'er 5/02/08 - Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summited 8,167-meter Dhaulagiri in Nepal on May 1, giving her 11 of the 14 main 8,000-meter summits on Earth, more than any other woman. (New Photo Added - 5/15/08) |