International Climbing Guide

AFRICA
The Summit Looms - Part two in the series of Doug's low budget climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Africa's Other Mountains - Ever heard of Kilimanjaro? Of course, who hasn't? Follow along as Karen Berger showcases some of Africa's other lesser-known mountains to climb that are as different from each other as a pine forest is from a cypress swamp.

The Roof of Africa - A novice takes the back way up Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, and learns there are good reasons to do something the hard way.

Kilimanjaro National Park - This mystical African mountain has lured climbers since the dawn of humankind.

ASIA
The Naked Mountain - Reinhold Messner remembers personal tragedy on Nanga Parbat.

Crazed Race to 23,000 Feet - Kazakhstan's first International Mountain Festival turned out to be a mad scramble.

Thailand's Exotic Rock - From beginner to expert, the beach cliffs of Krabi in Thailand are among the world's best winter climbs.

Summit's Eve on Annapurna - Gripping account by the first to the top of an 8,000 meter peak.

CANADA
Urbanity on Ice - Just minutes from the hot spots of Quibec City, you can climb the living ice of the Freezing Wall, learn to rappel, and bounce down in time for a three-star dinner.

EUROPE
Reaching Heaven in the Swiss Alps - Discover two classic climbs — with standard ascents and illustrations — in the Mont Blanc Massif, including the highest peak, the famous Mont Blanc, where alpinism began.

Climbing Glencoe - Royal Robbins and his wife, Liz, join Tom Patey in testing their skills in Glencoe, and along the way they find some magic in the Scottish Highlands.

Eiger Dreams - Jon Krakauer climbs the most notorious wall in Switzerland, contemplates the Death Bivouac and the White Spider, and feels his nerves unravel.

MEXICO
Climbing Mexico's El Potrero Chico - Climbing paradise? It's in Mexico's hidden valley of El Potrero Chico.

SOUTH AMERICA
The North Face of Aguja Poincenot - Experience the thrills as Greg Crouch recalls the perils and drama of scaling one of Patagonia's most notorious mountains.

Climbing to the Outer Limits - Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador, the summit furthest from the earth's center, offers an incomparable panorama, a wealth of Andean flora and fauna, and infinite solitude.

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