Alpine Ascents International

Charles Houston, 96; climber led, learned from K-2 trip
The Boston Globe; 10/3/2009; 920 words; ...altitudes. In 1975, he started the International Hypoxia Symposium, which meets every...medicine, books that included tales of his alpine adventures, and repeated editions of...Reinhold Messner, who made the first solo ascents of Everest with no oxygen and is often...

Indo-Kazakh expedition team reaches Mount Marble Wall summit.
Asian News International; 9/11/2009; 410 words; ...challenge, as continuous inclement weather during the ascent and alpine climbing used by the teams further increased the...Marble Wall Peak. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate...

Riding down a strange path
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/24/2009; 1046 words; ...earlier in the last punishing Alpine stage, proving they'll be...Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, said results...time deficit came on Bluffy ascent. By the top, he was 1:12...Armstrong calls the toughest ascent in France - a day before the...

Armstrong to third after Tour time trial
AP Online; 7/23/2009; 942 words; ...fourth a day earlier in the last punishing Alpine stage, proving they'll be a force...joined. Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, said results are in on...which Armstrong calls the toughest ascent in France _ a day before the race ends...

UNFORGETTABLE FALL.(Sports)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/28/2009; 786 words; ...taste of the dangers of alpine mountaineering first...the Lower 48, and an ascent requires use of ropes...day expedition with Alpine Ascents International of Seattle. Team members...Burleson, owner of Alpine Ascents, said guides...