On Saturday Oct. 24, climbers on Mt. Everest will raise a huge "350" banner. The president of the Maldive Islands will don scuba gear and lead 350 of his countrymen in the largest underwater demonstration of all time. ...more

October 22, 2009

Tampa firefighters were running up the stairs Thursday at the 42-story Bank of America Plaza, but not to fight fires. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tampa firefighters were running up the stairs today at the 42-story Bank of America Plaza. Not to fight fires. To train for the fourth annual Climb Tampa on March 21 at the downtown office tower. ...more

March 5, 2009

What To Do This Month •Prune rose bushes (not climbers). Cut back to healthy branches and remove weak stems. Remove all but three to five healthy canes, and cut these back a third to a half. ...more

February 8, 2009

The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster to hit K2 limped into base camp with frostbitten feet Tuesday, but thick clouds threatened to keep him on the mountain for at least another night. ...more

August 6, 2008

A Dutch survivor of an ice avalanche that killed 11 climbers atop the world's second-tallest mountain over the weekend described a desperate scramble for self-preservation, with panicked mountaineers abandoning one another in the search for a way down the steep rock face. ...more

August 5, 2008

An Olympic flame reached the top of the world today. Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch - separate from the main Olympic flame - along with Chinese and Olympic flags on the peak of Mount Everest. ...more

May 8, 2008

Tim Van Orden climbed the fastest up the 42 floors of the downtown Bank of America on Saturday - in 5 minutes and 11 seconds. ...more

February 24, 2008

There's every reason to feel fear while working 450 feet up, dropping down from the edge of a skyscraper roof while suspended by only a thin length of rope and a narrow swing seat. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - There's something special about peering over the edge of a 450-foot-tall building just after dawn and then climbing over the roof's railing; the only thing protecting you from plummeting to your death is a thin length of rope and a narrow swing seat. ...more

December 6, 2007