mountain-climbing
Everest Climber Discovers Missing Friend Preserved in Ice
Seth Abramovitch · 06/23/11 10:59PMWatch a Man Climb a Mountain in Under Five Minutes
Matt Cherette · 04/20/11 02:07AMIn 1938, the first man to ever climb Eiger—a 13,025 foot mountain in the Swiss Alps—did so after three days. So when Ueli Steck managed to scale the same peak in under three hours (2 hours, 47 minutes and 33 seconds, to be exact), people were flabbergasted. After watching this video of Steck's feat, you'll be flabbergasted, too. [via kottke.org]