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A prodigy at nine years old, Angie was on track for the Olympics. Then she stopped caring
Angie broke international records for sports climbing when she was nine years old. But in 2024, she decided to pivot. Now she’s back with a new goal.
- Hannah Kennelly
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Nepal travel executives arrested for scamming millions with fake mountain rescues
Fake documents, including passenger and cargo manifests for helicopter flights, medical invoices and hospital reports, were allegedly sent to insurance companies.
- Binaj Gurubacharya
Rock climber scales 508-metre Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as American Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire about 90 minutes after he started.
- Katie Tam
Well-known guide among climbers killed on NZ’s most deadly peak
Summit Explorers co-owner Thomas Vialletet has been named as one of two men who fell to their deaths on Monday night.
- Nadine Roberts
Perth mountaineer dies while climbing Nepal’s Himlung Himal
Chin-Tark ‘Chinny’ Chan’s friends and family are now calling on the community to donate to support Sherpa rescuers.
- Holly Thompson
‘Avoidable tragedy’: Gym operator fined after climber’s fatal fall
A company has been fined $375,000 after an investigation into the death of an experienced climber.
- David Barwell
Paris Olympics 2024 as it happened: Day 15 - Hull wins historic silver, Steph Curry leads USA to victory, Khelif files harassment complaint, Stingers go home with silver
Jessica Hull ran the race of her life to finish second in the women’s 1500m, andthe Stingers also won silver on a day of near-misses for Australian athletes. Follow live
- Billie Eder, Richard Gadsby, Roy Ward and Scott Spits
Her hero’s Batman, but she channelled Spider-Man to break two world records in one day
It can be said without demur that the one Olympic sport that is on the up and up is sports climbing.
- Greg Baum
Kiwis to the rescue as Australian chases Olympic dream
As a professional speed climber, Olympic hopeful Grace Crowley is familiar with racing against the clock. But just days out from the Oceania qualification run that could seal them a ticket to Paris in 2024, they face a different sort of time trial.
- Carla Jaeger
Global ‘rooftopping’ trend highlighted by gruesome death in Hong Kong
A 30-year-old French photographer plunged 68 floors to his death last week in a suspected extreme climbing escapade gone horribly wrong.
- Lucy Cormack