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!['Unlucky' soldier dies on mountain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Unlucky' soldier dies on mountain
A special forces soldier who tumbled to his death on NZ's deadliest mountain yesterday was "unlucky", as snow and ice gave way to a deep crevasse, a rescuer says.
![Climbers told Mt Blanc not a funpark](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Climbers told Mt Blanc not a funpark
It was the Everest of its time, and some 25,000 people try to scale it every year. But the issue of climbing Europe's tallest mountain has come to an ugly head.
![Is climate change destabilising Iraq?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is climate change destabilising Iraq?
This winter was not a good one for farmers in the Fertile Crescent.
![A chip off a very big block](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A chip off a very big block
When Sir Edmund Hillary said of Mt Everest "we knocked the bastard off", it turns out he meant it literally.
![Dhamey Tenzing Norgay & Curtis S. Chin: Everest loss underscores glaring divide](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dhamey Tenzing Norgay & Curtis S. Chin: Everest loss underscores glaring divide
Few people in New Zealand, despite its long mountaineering tradition, or elsewhere, are likely to remember the names of 16 Sherpas who lost their lives recently .
![Nepal names peaks for Hillary, Tenzing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nepal names peaks for Hillary, Tenzing
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
!['I can't believe I survived that fall'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I can't believe I survived that fall'
The moment Matt Stewart clicked his safety harness on to the line, he realised his mistake. It very nearly cost him his life.
![Police name man killed in crash near Mt Hutt ski area](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police name man killed in crash near Mt Hutt ski area
A contractor is dead after his ute plunged about 170 metres down a scree bank near the Mt Hutt ski area in poor conditions yesterday.
![Person dead in crash off Mt Hutt road](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Person dead in crash off Mt Hutt road
Mt Hutt ski area staff were first on the scene of a fatal crash which claimed the life of a man they knew, and worked with, this morning.
![Anger as mountaineer's history goes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Anger as mountaineer's history goes
A little piece of Sir Edmund Hillary's family history - a century-old villa belonging to his grandmother - was removed from its site in Mt Eden last week.
![Girl with head in clouds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Girl with head in clouds
A 7-year-old girl has made a fearless climb of the towering Remarkables mountain range.
![New mates my lifesavers, says climber](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New mates my lifesavers, says climber
Climber Heather Rhodes has no memory of the 300m fall that almost took her life on the Cameron Glacier in the Southern Alps in November.
![Tramper had 'unsurvivable fall'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tramper had 'unsurvivable fall'
Police say they are confident the body recovered from Nelson Lakes National Park yesterday afternoon is that of missing British tramper Andrew Ian Wyatt.
![Woman in coma after glacier fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman in coma after glacier fall
The family of an outdoor adventurer who fell 300m down a South Island glacier are worried as she has yet to recover consciousness after Sunday's accident.
![Kiwi skier shocked by friend's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi skier shocked by friend's death
A Kiwi skier was shocked to discover his Swedish skiing partner had fallen to his death on Aoraki-Mt Cook just days after they set a new record together.
![Lost climbers farewelled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lost climbers farewelled
Ice picks were held up in a guard of honour as the caskets of climbers Nicole Sutton and Hiroki Ogawa left a church in Auckland today following their joint funeral.
![NZ Alpine Club to independently review Mt Taranaki trip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ Alpine Club to independently review Mt Taranaki trip
The New Zealand Alpine Club will carry out an independent review of its trip to Mt Taranaki after two climbers died over Labour weekend, it was announced today.
![Woman's dramatic rescue from glacier](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman's dramatic rescue from glacier
A huge avalanche crashed frighteningly close to a rescue party as they treated a woman who had fallen some 300 metres down a Canterbury glacier after her snow anchor apparently detached.
![Extreme skier's fatal slip on Mt Cook](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Extreme skier's fatal slip on Mt Cook
A Swedish extreme-altitude skier who plunged 600m to his death near the peak of Aoraki-Mt Cook had set a new record on the mountain just days earlier.
![Police investigate Mt Taranaki tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police investigate Mt Taranaki tragedy
Police are investigating the deaths of climbers Nicole Sutton and Hiroki Ogawa who died on Mt Taranaki over Labour Weekend.
![It's down to climbers in bad weather](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
It's down to climbers in bad weather
Alpine experts say conditions on Mt Taranaki can turn within minutes, and whether climbers make it down alive or not depends solely on the decisions they make.
![Climbers' parents to arrive](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Climbers' parents to arrive
They died side by side - sending a final text expressing fears for survival. Today rescuers have been able to winch the pair off Mt Taranaki.
![Rescuers battle in vain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rescuers battle in vain
The conditions have been atrocious. Mr Smith and some of his team, him grey with fatigue and his hands still not fully functioning, ponder at how she could have lasted so long.
![England: Land of glory left by ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
England: Land of glory left by ice
Beyond its urban attractions and historical draws, England's Lake District offers natural beauty to rival even the joys of home, writes Nic Hamilton.
![Kiwi breaks climbing record](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi breaks climbing record
A New Zealand climber has broken a women's speed record for free climbing a world-famous US peak.