By Justin McElroy, CBC News, September 19, 2016 Ski resort has been fully owned by the McLaughlin family since 1989 One of B.C.’s most popular ski resorts is going on the market. After four decades of being owned by the same family, Grouse Mountain Resorts has announced it is selling its operations and 485 hectares of property. Read… Continue reading Grouse Mountain is for sale
Tag: Mountains
Swiss Cat Plays Mountain Guide To Lost Hiker
By Alyssa Danigelis, Seeker.com, August 31, 2016 An intrepid local cat from the mountainous Swiss village Gimmelwald takes the lead down snowy terrain. The Hungarian man visiting picturesque Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, had sprained his ankle during a roundabout hike through the surrounding mountains to nearby Gimmelwald. It was the end of the ski season in 2013 so… Continue reading Swiss Cat Plays Mountain Guide To Lost Hiker
Paraglider Soars To Record Heights Above Pakistan
By Alyssa Danigelis, Seeker.com, August 5, 2016 French paraglider Antoine Girard made history by soaring well above 26,000 feet in mountainous Pakistan. From his vantage point in the air, Antoine Girard soared nearly level with the summits of Pakistan’s jagged snowcapped mountains: K2, Broad Peak, and G4. The French athlete wasn’t flying in a commercial… Continue reading Paraglider Soars To Record Heights Above Pakistan
Wounded veteran becomes first combat amputee to summit Mount Everest
By Andrew Russell, Global News, May 20, 2016 Man becomes first veteran amputee to scale Mount Everest When 30-year-old U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Charlie Linville reached the 8,848-metre summit of Mount Everest he did so without his right foot. The Afghanistan veteran lost a significant portion of his right leg after stepping on an… Continue reading Wounded veteran becomes first combat amputee to summit Mount Everest
Cracking down on graffiti… on Mount Everest
By The Associated Press, May 11, 2016 Mount Everest BEIJING – Next time you leave silly messages on the world’s highest mountain, beware: China is watching you. Mountaineering officials have scrubbed graffiti from two granite tablets on the Chinese side of Mount Everest’s northern base camp and plan to name and shame future defilers. Read… Continue reading Cracking down on graffiti… on Mount Everest
Climbers return to Everest, despite back-to-back disasters
By Tashi Sherpa, The Associated Press, April 23, 2016 MOUNT EVEREST BASE CAMP, Nepal — When the earthquake struck last year and thousands of tons of snow and ice and earth came crashing down the mountain, some feared the climbers might never return to Mount Everest. But despite back-to-back Everest disasters — the 2015 earthquake… Continue reading Climbers return to Everest, despite back-to-back disasters