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Spanish climber dies in French Alps fall
A Spanish mountain climber fell to his death on Sunday while tackling a difficult descent in the French Alps, mountain rescue workers said.
Catalan climber named world's top adventurer
Twenty-six-year-old Kilian Jornet from Cap de Rec in the Catalan Pyrenees has lifted National Geographic magazine's 2014 People's Choice Adventurer of the Year award after smashing records in ski mountaineering, trail running, ultra running and skyrunning.
Spanish climber sets new Matterhorn record
A Catalan climber set a new record on Wednesday for the fastest ascent and descent of the Matterhorn, with a back-to-back time of just two hours 52 minutes.
UK climber found dead in northern Spain
The body of a British mountaineer who went missing a week ago in the Picos de Europa national park in northern Spain has been found trapped inside a nine-metre gorge.
Rescuers seek Spanish climbers in Pakistan
A rescue operation was under way on Tuesday for three Spanish climbers who went missing in bad weather in the mountains of northern Pakistan, officials said.