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British Guide And Client Killed In The Alps
By Jon on 01/07/2004 13:07:48
A talented young British climber and his policewoman client have died after falling from the NE face of Piz Badile according to news reports.
Sad news from the Alps where leading British climber JulesCartwright and his client, Julie Colverd, have been killed in a fallon Piz Badile.Cartwright, 29, was one of the UK's brightest young alpinistshaving climbed hard routes throughout the world
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The Hardest Charity Climb Ever
By OM on 08/10/2004 08:43:05
Climbers make new world record
Last October Rachel Kelsey and Jeremy Colenso made world news when they survived for two nights in sub-zero temperatures and blizzard conditions on the north ridge of the Piz Badile in Switzerland. They managed to text a friend in the UK who sent
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Trapped Brit Climbers Saved By Text Message Alert
By Jon on 07/10/2003 14:06:23
Two British alpinists marooned on an alpine ridge by blizzard conditions were rescued after texting friends in the UK who, in turn, alerted Swiss rescue teams
strandedby a storm as they descended Piz Badile in the Swiss Alps and spenttwo nights in sub-zero temperatures before rescue teams were able toreach them.Remarkably both climbers survived unscathed after warming handsand feet every 15 minutes to ward off
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