Tag Archive | "climbing"

Mountain Goats Scaling Dizzying Precipices

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Mountain Goats Scaling Dizzying Precipices

If mountain goats were bottled, they'd be a certain Dutch beer, because mountain goats reach the parts other beasts cannot reach. Blessed with climbing skills to impress the most intrepid mountaineer, these agile, sure-footed creature deserve to be held on a pedestal as lofty as the alpine crags on which they appear. Practically the only negative thing you could say about the mountain goat is that it isn’t – a goat that is.

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Scientific Superpowers

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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I want to talk to you all about an issue of gravest importance for the future of us all as human beings. Creepy I’m talking, of course, about scientists promising us superpowers.

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Charity Fundraisers Ruining British Mountains

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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Groups who attempt to raise money for charity by climbing the highest mountains in England, Wales, and Scotland in one day are blamed for causing environmental havoc on the three peaks. The view from the Scafell Pike summit The event is known as the Three Peaks Challenge and every [...]

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