Dutch mountaineer, Johann Van Der Gritt today announced that he would be leading a Dutch expedition in a quest to scale Pendle Hill in Lancashire, UK.
Van Der Gritt stated that Pendle Hill - famous the world over for the Pendle Witch trials at Lan...
While gay people cannot marry in any of these states, all four have been allowing marriages within their own families, a tradition handed down from when there WERE no other people around within 50 miles to marry.
"We thought it over and since we c...
One moment adventurer Ben De Buses was standing on top of some mountain ogling at the world below and having a friend take his photograph on an iPhone to be uploaded to the Internet. The next moment, he was falling thousands of feet into a chasm.
Himalayan peak, Everest, is about to lose it's record of being the highest mountain in the world and Everest climbers are turning their attentions to the latest challenges, E-Mountains!
Growing rapidly in India, China and other Asian countries the...
The snows capping Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak, are shrinking far more rapidly than ever before, and could vanish altogether in the next 20 years, says a US study.
There was worse news, however, when it was also claimed that Kilimanjaro, its...
A small group of British chidren wended their cautious way along the path to the peak of Mount Snowdon, shepherded by a party of mountain leaders, teachers and welfare specialists.
Tommy (12), the designated leader of the junior group, was entrust...
Nine celebrities who have been climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Comic Relief, reached the summit as dawn broke this morning - only to find has-been wannabe celebrity, David Van Day, waiting for them with champagne.
Nearly £1.4 million has been...
Regina - World famous mountaineer Sir Reginald Whitby plans to add Saskatchewan's Mount Wobbly to his list of summit achievements including Everest, Anapurnal, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc, which is also a pen.
Mount Wobbly at three metres is...
The population of Rockall, that magical North Atlantic island beloved by shipping weather forecast addicts the world over, was today astounded by new scientific evidence that their home's geological origins were not formed from volcanic granite quart...
Top TV Survivalist Grizzly Rotisserie was rushed to Homerton Hospital, Hackney in the early hours of this morning after being found slumped in a Well Street shop doorway suffering from malnutrition, dehydration, delerium, and chapped lips.
Rotisss...
Many a climber and walker over the years have struggled up Scafell Pike in the Lake District to "bag" England's highest Peak at 978m. Well the unfortunate news is that nearby Scafell has now been measured and confirmed as the ho...
Officials with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) said today that bites from infected wood ticks that are the central culprit for Lyme disease is on an alarming rise. Spokespersons from the CDC urged people in the United States to be on the lookou...
Al Gore has begun a new documentary, featuring how global warming has hit the Himalayas especially hard. Recent expeditions to Mt. Everest are becoming quite a let down for the rugged souls ready to risk their lives to reach the summit.
For the 86th time in the last 75 years, Proctor and Gamble has announced New, Improved Tide. In the past, they have had Tide, Clean Breeze Tide, Mountain Spring Tide, Foaming Action Tide, Tide with Green Power Crystals, Tide with Blue Power Crystals...
TEXAS - President Bush is recovering today from minor injuries caused over the weekend by a fall from a mountain tricycle at his Texas ranch. Speculation is that incident was intentional and Bush was merely practicing for his November fall.