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11-Year-Old Florida Boy Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

World traveler Nico Saporito has been to the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon rain forest, and he just completed his latest, most challenging expedition -- climbing to the summit of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. He's done all of this, and yet he hasn't even finished middle school. Nico is only 11 years...

Adam Potter Survives Mountain Tumble: 5 Facts on Scotland's Sgurr Choinnich Mor

Adam Potter may have to hold off on climbing Mount Everest. The 36-year-old is making headlines for surviving an incredible 1,000-foot tumble down the side of Scotland's Sgurr Choinnich Mor mountain. "I slipped and then I kept falling," Potter told Scotland's Daily Record. "I tried to slow myself down on the ice and...

Irish Man Climbs Croagh Patrick 365 Straight Days

It's man versus the mountain every day for a year in Ireland. Former tour guide Matt Loughrey climbs Croagh Patrick, a peak in western Ireland, day in and day out to raise money for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a multinational charity, helping people hurt by the ailing economy. "I've always been a fan of the...

The Week in Weird (Toilet-Robbing Clown Edition)

(Nov. 20) -- In every home, there is one room that is sacrosanct: the bathroom. No matter what other anarchy the kids, dogs, spouse or even the neighbors are causing, the commode is your fortress of solitude. But this was not the case for a 70-year-old woman in Akron, Ohio, this week, who was sitting on the throne,...

How to Amputate Your Own Arm Like Aron Ralston in '127 Hours'

(Aug. 26) -- In "127 Hours," the new film by Danny Boyle, James Franco plays Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who (SPOILER ALERT!) was forced to amputate his own arm after he got it trapped between a fallen boulder and a sandstone wall while solo-climbing a Utah canyon back in '03. Watch more YouTube videos on AOL...

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03/29/12 Ice climbing: With special instrument we could climb... Source: allvoices Climbing has been the strategy by means of one's hand or feet otherwise any other a part of your body to climb a sharp object.