A Climbing Award That May Be a Winner’s Last

By BY MICHAEL LEVY from NYT Sports Whether the Piolet D’Or, or Golden Ice Axe, alpine climbing’s biggest award, honors or encourages risk is debated in the sport.https://nyti.ms/3xBSlO0

A Climbing Award That May Be a Winner’s Last

By BY MICHAEL LEVY from NYT Sports Whether the Piolet D’Or, or Golden Ice Axe, alpine climbing’s biggest award, honors or encourages risk is debated in the sport.https://nyti.ms/3nYBkKy

Should a Mental Health Emergency Derail a Dangerous Climb?

By BY KELLEY MANLEY from NYT Sports A mountain climber with bipolar disorder had an episode that thwarted his team’s plan to summit the world’s seventh-highest peak, prompting a debate about mental illness in adventure sports.https://nyti.ms/2UGg7Zs

Claiming the Summit Without Reaching the Top

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports Only 44 people have said they’ve reached the summit of all 14 of the world’s highest mountains. Now, researchers are questioning whether any of them have really done it.https://nyti.ms/3o8d1s1

How to Cycle Up ‘Mount Everest’

By BY ALEC JACOBSON from NYT Sports A biking challenge known as “Everesting” — hill repeats equal in distance to the climb up the mountain — is catching on, with records rapidly falling.https://nyti.ms/3iH46cW

Hardcore Cyclists Head for the Hills … Mexico City’s

By BY NATHANIEL PARISH FLANNERY from NYT Sports With new bike routes and the pandemic pushing more people to cycle, the mountains outside one of the world’s megacities are drawing new and veteran enthusiasts.https://nyti.ms/2WzSUqd

The Everest Climber Whose Traffic Jam Photo Went Viral

By BY TIM MUTRIE from NYT Sports Nirmal Purja snapped the photograph of an overcrowded Mount Everest summit while on a quest to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world in record time.https://nyti.ms/30iwiO9