climbing
Alain Robert, known as the "French Spider-Man," has climbed the Burj Khalifa and the Empire State Building.
Investigators said the men, aged 25 and 35, fell following a rockslide while deep-water soloing near Portocolom.
Climber Rick Weber has built a replica wall for a competition in Kentucky this month.
A raccoon climbed to the top of a skyscraper in Minnesota and became an internet sensation overnight.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Whether we are humbled by a bug or by a mountain, these travel lessons apply equally to all of life's challenges.
Huge money, huge audiences, huge stakes. Climbing -- originally a domain of the white, upper class and heterosexual men -- is an increasingly egalitarian community, but outside pressures are likely to obliterate the push.
