British mountaineer Kenton Cool has summited Everest over a dozen times, and on some climbs he has collected rock samples for scientists. The stones near the 8,850-metre summit began as seabed sediment hundreds of millions of years ago.
Zhou Hongyi, a well-known Chinese tech entrepreneur, broke his left knee falling from a bouldering wall about three metres up. The accident has focused attention on the fast-growing sport and the risks that come with indoor climbing gyms.
Three tourists were trapped near the summit of Bayan Songbur Peak in Inner Mongolia when fog cut visibility to under 10 metres. Police hiked 16 kilometres through rain and darkness to bring them down safely.
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