4 climbers die scaling Mont Blanc
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Four climbers died of cold and exhaustion after losing their way on snow-capped Mont Blanc in the French Alps, police said Tuesday.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday. He was 88.
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A small plane carrying four people crashed into a stand of trees in dense fog Friday, killing everyone aboard.
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Rescue teams equipped with ice axes, ropes and other high-altitude gear were once again frustrated Tuesday in their efforts since the weekend to find three climbers on Oregon's highest mountain. After battling high winds and blowing snow, search teams broke for the day without success.
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Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.
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Austrian rescuers look for a missing snowboarder after at least four people died in avalanches.
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Four Colombian coal miners were killed and 28 more were trapped and feared dead after explosions in two coal mines in the northern province of Norte de Santander on Saturday, local media reported.
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Weekend avalanches killed five people in Montana, Utah and Idaho, with one bruised survivor traveling miles by snowmobile and on foot to reach help, authorities said.
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Ernest Hofstetter, part of the Swiss team that first traced the route to "The Roof of the World" used by Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer Mount Everest, has died, his son said Friday. He was 95.
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Two Japanese climbers attempting  to scale Yosemite National Park's famed El Capitan died during  a severe, early season storm that hindered rescue efforts, park  rangers said on Wednesday.
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Search-and-rescue coordinators assembled Sunday in near white-out conditions on Mount Hood in Oregon in an attempt to find eight climbers -- three of whom had fallen from a ledge, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said in a written statement.
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HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- Two climbers missing on Mount Hood may have fallen on a steep slope on their way down Oregon's highest mountain, authorities said Monday as the search resumed on a clear day and a team prepared to retrieve the body of a third climber found dead in a snow cave.
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Six climbers were killed on Thursday in the Swiss Alps, rescuers in the village of Lauterbrunnen in central Switzerland said.
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At least 13 people were killed Sunday when a coach carrying around 50 Polish pilgrims overturned and fell into a fast mountain stream near Grenoble, in eastern France, emergency services said.
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A British journalist and four Greek climbers die in an avalanche in the southern mountains in Greece.