Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...
LONGVIEW – For every hour he spends snowshoeing through the woods or slogging up Mount St. Helens, Jerry Calbaum of Kelso puts in a lot more time lifting weights at the YMCA. “I wouldn’t be doing all ...
After nine hours trekking overnight in the snow, Richard Birrer clambered onto the peak of Mount Everest. “To see the sun rise on the summit, with the shadow of Everest against all the other mountains ...
NEW JERSEY -- When a person is determined, nothing is out of reach. That's why Jeff Harmon and his friends from Fitness, Fellowship and Faith (called F-3) are training for a trek up one of the world's ...