Mountaineering

• Montreal firefighter dies in fall while scaling Pakistan’s treacherous K2

  Mountaineer Serge Dessureault died early Saturday while attempting to scale the 8,611-meter (9,420-yard) mountain in northern Pakistan.

  World

  Jul 7, 2018
  
• Montrealer aims to be 1st woman to summit Mount Logan in solo expedition

  Should Monique Richard reach the summit of Yukon's Mount Logan, she will be the first female to reach the top by herself, according to officials with Parks Canada and data it has compiled since the late 1800s.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2018
  
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• Woman climbs Everest record 7th time

  Expedition organizers say a 42-year-old convenience store worker from Connecticut has scaled Mount Everest for a seventh time.

  World

  May 20, 2016
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• Famous Japanese mountaineer died trying while climbing in the Daisetsuzan range

  Taniguchi, who climbed Mount Everest in 2007, became the first woman to win the prestigious Piolet d'Or (Golden Ice Axe) mountaineering award in 2009.

  World

  Dec 25, 2015