With a little luck and a crack team behind him, Felix Baumgartner plans to skydive into the record books. Climbing to roughly 23 miles (37 kilometers), he'd be the first human to achieve supersonic speed with just his body.
A Nepalese climber known as the "Super Sherpa" has climbed Mt. Everest a record 21 times, hoping that every ascent draws attention to the degradation seen on the peaks.
With a little luck and a crack team behind him, Felix Baumgartner plans to skydive into the record books. Climbing to roughly 23 miles (37 kilometers), he'd be the first human to achieve supersonic speed with just his body.
With a little luck and a crack team behind him, Felix Baumgartner plans to skydive into the record books. Climbing to roughly 23 miles (37 kilometers), he'd be the first human to achieve supersonic speed with just his body.
I start climbing, scaling the Cornucopia on my hands and feet. The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on.
Hindu worshipers climb a 272-step stairway next to a statue of Lord Murugan to reach a Batu Caves temple, during a pilgrimage at the Thaipusam festival near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Just days after four people died on Mount Everest during a rush by climbers to take advantage of favorable weather, experts say a similar "traffic jam" scenario could play out this weekend.
This is a white leaf beetle trying to climb on a flower stem... The "cute face" is almost like the ones in Disney animated movies... I am sure they took inspiration from these beetles.
This is a white leaf beetle trying to climb on a flower stem... The "cute face" is almost like the ones in Disney animated movies... I am sure they took inspiration from these beetles.
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of or pre-defined endpoint.
BBC biologists have found a rat the size of a cat, a kangaroo that climbs trees, a frog with fangs... cohabiting in the inaccessible highlands of Papua New Guinea.