Tag: Mountains

North Macedonia ready to create huge new national park

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POPOVA SHAPKA, North Macedonia — After decades of being exploited by loggers, a vast, cross-border area of breathtaking beauty in the Balkans centered on...

Review: Demons, imaginations run wild on Mountain Goats set

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The Mountain Goats, “Dark in Here” (Merge) “Dark in Here” was...

Switzerland: 5 killed in crashes of 2 aircraft in Alps

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GENEVA — Five people have been killed when a glider and a small plane crashed about a kilometer (0.6 miles) apart in the Swiss...

Scrutiny mounts of legacy of pioneering Northwest missionary

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SPOKANE, Wash. — For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary...

Officials ID 2 killed in small plane crash in Utah mountains

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SALT LAKE CITY — Police have identified two men who died in a small plane crash over the weekend in the mountains of northern...

Oldest American, fastest woman on Everest return safely

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is...

Virus fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest

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KATHMANDU, Nepal — A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final...

Rockies place Story on injured list with sore right elbow

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PITTSBURGH — Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story was placed on the injured list due to inflammation in his right elbow. ...

Party of 4? Your trail is ready. Busy parks try reservations

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ST. HUBERTS, N.Y. — Nick and Matthew Golebiewski climbed to the summit of Gothics mountain in the Adirondacks with packs, water, good boots and...

Man rescued from Colorado pass hours after women disappeared

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DENVER — On a snowy, frigid night in 1982, a man used his pickup truck headlights to signal SOS to a passing passenger plane...