Search For Remains Of Nor Cal Chopper Crash Victims Continues Aug 11, 2008
Teams of federal investigators will be searching through rugged terrain in Northern California's Trinity Alps Wilderness Thursday as they to determine what caused a firefighting helicopter to crash. Search For Remains Of Nor Cal Chopper Crash Victims Continues. (NBC 11, CA)
How visitors to China can be animal friendly Aug 11, 2008
Pyrenean mountain dogs (Great Pyrenees) brought into the French Alps to protect sheep from wolves have created problems for summer hikers, attacking and injuring several in recent weeks ... Wolves recolonized the French Alps from Italy in 1992 and have killed thousands of sheep since then. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Teenage climber Ian Jackson dies in Alps Aug 10, 2008
Teenage climber in Alps horror. Teenage mountain climber Ian Jackson shows the daring that marked his passion for the sport - and led to his death in the Alps ... Dad David, 51, added: "He loved climbing from the age of 14 and would climb on the climbing wall at school. He chose his university so he could climb. "He had climbed Ben Nevis, crags in North Wales and on holiday in New Zealand and the Alps. (Mirror.co.uk)
The little town and life Rockefeller left for 'fame' Aug 9, 2008
BERGEN, Germany - Clark Rockefeller started life in this humble resort town in the foothills of the Alps, not as the privileged son of European royalty, but as Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a mischievous Bavarian schoolboy and beloved son of a homemaker and a graphic designer. His younger brother, Alexander, standing on the porch of the family's stucco two-story home with blue shutters and geraniums blooming in the flower boxes, confirmed that Rockefeller is his brother. (Boston Globe)
Kidnapper, imposter Clark Rockefeller exposed as Christian ... Aug 9, 2008
Clark Rockefeller is the son of an artist who hails from the quaint town in the Bavarian Alps, a published report said. The big mystery is finally solved. (New York Daily News)
Family pays tribute to climber, 19, who died after 150ft fall in Alps Aug 9, 2008
A teenage mountaineer has died after falling more than 150ft (46 metres) in front of his friends during a climbing holiday in the French Alps ... Fears were growing last night for a British teacher who has been missing for 12 days in the French Alps. (guardian.co.uk)
Critics ask whether wildfire needed to be fought Aug 9, 2008
The Buckhorn is part of the Iron and Alps Complex fires, which have burned nearly 90,000 acres. "It had the potential to continue to grow and cause smoke issues, as well as resource damage," Odle said. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Teenage Briton in fatal Alps fall Aug 8, 2008
An 18-year-old British man has plunged to his death in the French Alps near Chamonix, local police have said. The accident, which happened on the Les Gaillands crag, reportedly occurred on Thursday as the teenager climbed down an 80 metre rock face. (BBC News -- UK)
Nine feared dead after copter carrying firefighters crashes in ... Aug 7, 2008
The crew was among 1,200 firefighters, assisted by nine helicopters, who were battling the Iron and Alps complex fires in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest that have burned 86,000 acres. Another firefighter assigned to the fires died late last month when he was hit by a falling tree. (Los Angeles Times)
9 believed dead, 4 hurt in firefighter copter crash Aug 7, 2008
The crash happened about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 35 miles northwest of Redding in the Trinity Alps Wilderness area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Two crew members and 11 firefighters were aboard, Gregor said. (CNN -- US)
From Bay State to Beijing Aug 6, 2008
He reacts to the Olympics like a weary Beijinger, saying it's been "like the Big Dig in terms of disruptions." Mostly, though, he loves life in China, adding "My wife's a Beijinger and we have two little guys 'made in China.' " After a long hitchhiking tour in 1993 that started in the Swiss Alps and ended in Beijing, he found himself beguiled. "Upon arrival in the Middle Kingdom, I immediately had a China epiphany, which took me by surprise. I loved the 'renao' [energy] of the place.". (Boston Globe)
Fanning defends axed Sunday program Aug 4, 2008
VIDEO: The cover just keeps getting better across the alps. PHOTOS: Record payout for first images of Brangelina twins. (Ninemsn)
First performance-enhancing drugs for exercise endurance? Aug 3, 2008
While steroids can help build the bulky muscles that lend athletes and body builders power and speed, there hadn't been a drug capable of building the endurance needed to run a marathon or to ride a bike through the Alps. Now, there just might be, suggests a new study in mice reported in the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. (Hindu)
Chasing cheats all the way to the top Jul 30, 2008
He regularly climbs the Alps and also once rode a mountain bike 10,458 kilometres from his homeland to the Ivory Coast. Last year the two scientist-climbers did experiments with fruit flies on the top of Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known as Denali. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Cycling | Tour de France: Despite rousing finish, Tour de France drug bust leaves bad feeling Jul 29, 2008
Despite rousing finish, Tour de France drug bust leaves bad feeling - International Herald Tribune. Bas Czerwinski/The Associated Press The pack passing the Eiffel Tower during the last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday. (International Herald Tribune)
Dope bust clouds Sastre's Tour win Jul 28, 2008
As racers began three climbs through the Alps by riding into Italy in the 15th stage, five racers were within 49 seconds of leader Frank Schleck of Luxembourg -- the last of them Sastre. All rights reserved. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Water Main Break Causes Property Damage Jul 28, 2008
The break in the 5100 block of Alps Drive produced a 50-foot geyser and shot rocks, pieces of asphalt and debris at a home. The geyser flooded the front yard and caused the rear window of the family's car to shatter. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Wheels and deals Jul 27, 2008
" Evans, who finished the Alps stages in fourth place, could rival Thorpe as one of Australia's most internationally revered athletes. Flaskas acknowledged the similarities between the pair. "They both stepped on to the international stage with pride and dignity," he said. "If Australia was to look for two ambassadors to represent all that's good about Australian sport and the nation, you couldn't go past either of them. "People all around the world are in awe of the extraordinary courage Cadel... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
To Solo Or Not To Solo Jul 27, 2008
I've crossed the Trinity Alps by myself in the winter, traversed a good chunk of India solo and explored Bulgaria on my own. I've lolled on a Thai beach sans partner, wandered the back alleys of Lhasa singly and spent evenings in Bavarian bars where my only companion was a really large stein of beer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
O'Grady, minder of the gap Jul 26, 2008
AS STUART O'Grady came to a halt and dismounted his bike after the Tour de France farewelled the Alps on stage 18, his first words were: "I hope you enjoyed the show. It's been a bloody hard Tour." ... The South Australian immediately embraced the idea of being appointed as Sastre's personal "chaperone" on the road - not in the high mountains of the Pyrenees and Alps, where O'Grady is not suited, but on the flat and undulating sections where danger lurks with every pedal stroke. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Fort Payne, Ala., is scenic, cheap fun Jul 26, 2008
One-tank trip to 'Alabama Alps' scenic, fun, affordable DeSoto State Park, Little River Canyon and cheap socks await ... It may be a stretch to call this chunk of Lookout Mountain the Alabama Alps, but the place does have its charms. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Sastre braces for time trial Jul 25, 2008
The Spanish veteran didn't see the chance he was looking for to expand his lead against his top rivals in Thursday's 18th stage out of the Alps, which Germany's Marcus Burghardt won by heading a two-man breakaway. With a flat ride on tap for Friday, the final showdown in cycling's premiere event comes in Saturday's Stage 20 a 32. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Tour de France: Sastre keeps lead Jul 25, 2008
SAINT-ETIENNE, France --- Carlos Sastre, of Spain, retained the overall lead, and Marcus Burghardt, of Germany, won the 18th stage of the Tour de France as the race left the Alps on Thursday. Sastre leads CSC teammate Frank Schleck, of Luxembourg, by 1 minute, 24 seconds. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Breakaway Burghardt snatches 18th stage Jul 25, 2008
BEIJING, July 25 -- Marcus Burghardt of Germany won the 18th stage of the Tour de France Thursday, leading a two-rider breakaway as the race left the Alps. Carlos Sastre of Spain retained the yellow jersey. (Xinhuanet, China)
What's Happening Jul 24, 2008
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Italians take it all in their stride Jul 23, 2008
On the eve of Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to the Tour to watch the last 50 kilometres of stage 16 in the Alps from Cuneo in Italy to Jausiers in France, nerves were a little frayed among some in the Tour's Garde Republicaine motorcycle unit, whose job every other month of the year is to escort the French president ... Final of three stages in the Alps, this is a long, laborious but then fast-finishing day in the saddle for the surviving riders. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Cadel keeps pace with leaders, headbutts camera Jul 23, 2008
Australian Cadel Evans's chance of victory in the Tour de France has firmed after he gained time on two of his major rivals in the 157-kilometre 16th stage from Cuneo in Italy to Jausiers in the French Alps. But he also showed that racing on the Tour can be as stressful to the head as it is to the legs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Evans sticks out tongue at the team bent on his destruction Jul 23, 2008
AFTER the first of three brutal days in the Alps, Cadel Evans has dared to give his rival CSC team a verbal tickle-up that smacked of either glowing confidence or audacity. Asked if a weight was lifted off his shoulders when he lost the yellow jersey to Luxembourg's Frank Schleck in the 183-kilometre 15th stage from Embrun to Prato Nevoso - after five days in the lead - Evans said: "Absolutely. CSC, for how strong their team is, it sure took them a while to get the jersey, didn't it?". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The Tour and the terror Jul 23, 2008
Tonight is the third and final stage taking place in the dizzying Alps, before the competition moves to the smooth plains of central France all the way to the finish line ... The Caisse d'Epargne rider toppled over a security barrier on his way down Col Agnel in the Alps between France and Italy, falling several metres onto the road below ... Several Australians have been seriously hurt racing down the Alps in recent years; Michael Rogers dislocated his shoulder and injured a hand and knee on... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
I thought I was going to die, admits Pereiro Jul 23, 2008
The Caisse d'Epargne rider toppled over a security barrier on his way down Col Agnel in the Alps between France and Italy, falling several metres onto the road below. "I was going much faster than those on the left. I think that (Damiano) Cunego (Lampre team) got a slight fright. He made an abrupt manoeuvre and I couldn't avoid him," Pereiro told the Spanish press. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
ALPS Fund Services continues on a steady climb Jul 23, 2008
Among the top executives at ALPS Fund Services Inc. are Jeremy Held (left), vice president and director of product development, Tom Carter (center), managing director for business development; and Corey Dillon, vice president and director of retirement and variable annuity sales ... Burke is the president of ALPS and joined the company in 1991 after several years as a sales and marketing executive for mutual funds in the Boston offices of Fidelity Investments and Pioneer Funds. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Gerrans reaps what the farmer sowed Jul 22, 2008
Photos: Australia's run of glory at the Tour de France continued with Simon Gerrans winning the first stage in the Alps. Your Say. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Vande Velde breaking away U.S. rider suddenly a contender Jul 22, 2008
Vande Velde fell two positions after finishing 10th in Sunday's stage - the first in the Alps - but he hung tough, and even gained seven seconds on race favorite Cadel Evans, who had the yellow jersey. "Christian Vande Velde is a dangerous rider," said the American's former CSC teammate, Jens Voigt. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Teamwork helps Schleck take yellow jersey from Evans Jul 22, 2008
Bjarne Riis riders continually attacked race favorite Cadel Evans as the Tour hit the Alps on Sunday, and CSC s Frank Schleck took the overall leader s yellow jersey from Evans ... His team said he was fatigued and the Alps posed too big an obstacle. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Gerrans wins stage as Cadel stays in touch Jul 21, 2008
AUSTRALIA'S run of glory at the Tour de France continued with Simon Gerrans surprising himself - let alone everyone else - by winning the first stage in the Alps by outsprinting two fellow breakaway riders. Gerrans (Credit Agricole), 28, won the 182-kilometre, 15th stage, from Embrun that took the Tour from France into Italy and then to the summit finish Prato Nevoso, where he finally beat Spaniard Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) by three seconds and American Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle) by 10... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Evans loses yellow jersey to Frank Schleck in Alps Jul 21, 2008
The race is now in the Alps, where countless riders have been broken ... Schleck has had success before in the Alps, winning a Tour stage in 2006 up the famed Alpe d'Huez, which riders will face Wednesday ... His team said he was fatigued and the Alps posed too big an obstacle. (USA Today -- Sports)
Schleck takes possession of yellow jersey from Evans Jul 21, 2008
PRATO NEVOSO (Italy): Luxembourgs Frank Schleck took possession of the Tour de France yellow jersey from Cadel Evans yesterday after a thrilling 15th stage in the Alps which has left the race wide open. Australian Simon Gerrans, of the Credit Agricole team, claimed his maiden win on the race and the biggest of his career at the end of the 183km stage, the first of three in the Alps. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Schleck takes lead in crash-marred Alpine stage Jul 21, 2008
Italian fans had hoped that Riccardo Ricco would shine in the Alps but the climbing ace tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO earlier in the race and was sacked by his Saunier Duval team, who pulled out of the event. Cunego was caught in a big pile-up in Cuneo, 47 km from the finish, along with David Millar and Christian Vande Velde. (International Herald Tribune)
Schleck knocks Evans off his perch Jul 21, 2008
The CSC-Saxo Bank team had been warning for a week that its riders would attack Cadel Evans in the Alps. But on a steep mountain climb at the finish of a long stage, even knowing what is coming sometimes cannot help. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Billed as healthy, diet aid proves the opposite Jul 20, 2008
" The owner of an Athens business, Alps Nutrition Center, who sold the Crawfords the product isn't faring much better. Tori McDonald said she learned about the recall in March and promptly removed the product from her shelves. What McDonald wasn't told by the company, she said, was that more than one lot number was recalled. She took it upon herself to do more research and found the information on the Internet. "My concern is how many bottles went out before they realized something was wrong. "... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Condoms backing 'won't alter HIV spread' Jul 19, 2008
Condoms backing 'won't alter HIV spread. 20 pm, Saturday July 19 2008. (Ninemsn)
Tour's leaders try to outrace doping controversy Jul 19, 2008
Then come three grueling stages in the Alps starting Sunday. Few are certain the Tour will be doping free between now and then, and these days virtually no competitor is entirely above suspicion. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Norwegian Arvesen wins first Tour stage Jul 17, 2008
Evans said he was nursing residual pain from a nasty crash in Sunday's ninth stage, and was hoping it will have disappeared altogether by the time the race hits the Alps this weekend ... Many riders say they believe the shakeout in the race among favorites will come during three grueling rides in the Alps starting Sunday, followed by a time-trial on the next-to-last race day. (CNN -- International)
Evans leads Tour de France; rider tests positive Jul 17, 2008
The drug bust siphoned off attention from what looks to be a still-wide open race, whose outcome is likely to be determined in three rides in the Alps starting Sunday and a time trial a day before the July 27 finish in Paris ... Evans said he was nursing residual pain from a nasty crash in Sunday's ninth stage, and was hoping it will have disappeared by the time the race reaches the Alps. (ABC 7 News, DC)
No more a tour de farce? Jul 17, 2008
An amazing attack on the Alps. Wonder what he took that morning. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Sports in 2 Minutes Jul 16, 2008
The final shakeout is expected to come in three agonizing stages in the Alps each featuring at least one climb that defies classification for difficulty and a time trial a day before the Champs-Elysees finish. Article Rating. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Surgery could end Matsui's season Jul 16, 2008
The last day in the Alps (Stage 17) finishes at the legendary Alpe d'Huez, where Schleck won a stage in 2006. "Put it this way, we're not going to let Frank Schleck go in an early breakaway on the stage to the Alpe d'Huez the way he did that year," Evans said. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
What does the pope do on his day off? Jul 15, 2008
Even during vacations in the Italians Alps, he is rarely seen outside his compound ... Until hip and knee ailments slowed him down in the 1990s and symptoms of Parkinson's disease set in, John Paul hiked in the Italian Alps, in Canada's Jasper Park during a tour of that country in 1984 and in the Rocky Mountains outside Denver during World Youth Day there in 1993. (MSNBC -- International)
Overwhelming ride for new race leader Jul 15, 2008
Challenges await - like three days in the Alps and a time trial on the penultimate stage - and Evans, who has had little help from his team likely will have to go it alone. "We don't have the strongest team in the race," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Italy's Ricco eyes hat-trick Jul 15, 2008
Cobo Acebo said: "So far I've been considered the second fiddle. I think I've proved in the Pyrenees that it is no longer the case. I hope the Alps will confirm it.". Cobo Acebo is eighth overall, two minutes 10 seconds behind the leader, Australian Cadel Evans. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Piepoli wins Tour's 10th stage; Evans takes lead Jul 15, 2008
Challenges await like three days in the Alps and a time trial on the next-to-last stage. Unlike Armstrong, who benefited from strong US Postal and Discovery Channel teams, Evans has largely had to go at it alone. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Ricco claims first stage in the Pyrenees Jul 14, 2008
His victory sees him move up to 21st overall, but just two minutes 35 seconds down on Kirchen with major tests in the Pyrenees and Alps to come. Monday's 156 kilometer stage from Pau with the imposing climbs of the Col de Tourmalet and Hautacam is likely to provide a firmer pointer to the eventual destination of the yellow jersey come the finish in Paris. (CNN -- International)
Riccardo Ricco wins stage as Tour de France enters Pyrenees Jul 14, 2008
And with 24 riders within three minutes of the race lead, the final climb of the stage to Hautacam is likely to decide who holds the Tour de France's yellow jersey at least until the race enters the Alps next week, if not all the way to Paris ... Such a route, with alternates each year with a clockwise route, means that the winners in those years kept the yellow jersey from the Pyrenees through the Alps - as he will be required to do this year if he wants to claim the trophy in Paris. (International Herald Tribune)
World's best brewery tours Jul 14, 2008
High in the Swiss Alps, this brewery offers no fewer than nine unique beer-tasting opportunities, including a train ride and Nordic walking. These excursions end with a tour of the brewery, a tasting, or both. (The Age)
Airline pilot flies like a jet - sans plane Jul 14, 2008
Make that Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old Swiss daredevil also known as Jet Man, Rocket Man, the Bird Man of the Alps ... Finally, on May 14, high above the Alps near the Swiss town of Bex, Rossy put it all on the line. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thatcher to be honored with State funeral; first since Churchill... Jul 13, 2008
She was with the Queen at a Buckingham Palace garden party on Tuesday, had lunch with a friend on Wednesday and is greatly looking forward to going on holiday in the French Alps with friends soon. A senior official involved in the funeral plans told The Mail on Sunday: What s in place at the moment is a contingency plan for a State funeral. (The Drudge Report)
Americans know less about the world than the world knows about America Jul 13, 2008
Harsch wrote on Jul 11, 2008 2:39 PM:" Send Welch here. The quality of life by any standard beats that in the U.S. Free college, free medical care, the Julian Alps and the Adriatic, the Soa River, the Kolpa river, the Karst, the domestic wines, liquors, meats, vegetables, the mix of cultures and languages, the nearly free kindergarten starting at any age you choose, the proliferation of various sports (including baseball--I hit .400 two years ago at age 47! Did I mention that I hit .400 two... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Arenas celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Jul 7, 2008
The children and grandchildren presented a special gift to the happy couple, a two-week vacation in Europe, including stays in the Italian Alps resort village of Lugano and Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. The Arenas have fond memories of Lugano. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Valverde wins opening stage of Tour de France Jul 6, 2008
That came in his Tour debut in 2005, when he beat Armstrong in a breakaway in the Alps. Like many cycling stars before him, Valverde isn't free from doping's long shadow. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Big wheel: Cadel has friends in high places Jul 5, 2008
It was at the start of a training camp high in the Italian Alps last week that Cadel Evans was struck deepest by his teammates' loyalty and belief that he has what it takes to become the first Australian winner of the world's greatest bike race - the Tour de France ... The 31-year-old knew it would be a punishing climax to his training regime, considering it followed his final lead-up race in the French Alps - the Dauphine Libere - in which he finished second. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
A peloton full of strangers - all clean, hopefully Jul 5, 2008
On Monday, he lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld a ruling he had tested positive for synthetic testosterone after his magnificent - in fact, unbelievable - comeback in the Alps. Landis, who is suspended from cycling until next year, continues to maintain his innocence, but he is caught not only in the lab reports but in the psychological dragnet of the last generation: too many doctors, managers, trainers, cyclists and even motorcycle messengers carting illegal... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Cold comfort Jul 5, 2008
Only a few days after leaving us, Frame told a friend: "To spend a weekend having repeated, strong doses of New Zealand has almost put me off balance. I sit here ... dreaming of snowgrass and snowberries and tussock ... of the Southern Alps, and of rivers ... Good God, I've kept asking myself, what am I doing on this side of the world? If I don't get back to New Zealand I'll die, or, which is equivalent to death, my writing will get worse and worse." By then she had already gone to a travel... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Health and fitness Jul 3, 2008
That is what Floyd Landis did during a grueling ride on a hot day in the Alps during the 2006 Tour de France. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
To Beat the Heat, Learn to Sweat It Out Jul 3, 2008
That is what Floyd Landis did during a grueling ride on a hot day in the Alps during the 2006 Tour de France. And last month, on that balmy Saturday, amateur runners used the same trick, dousing their heads, in an 8-kilometer race in Moorestown, N.J. Town residents also squirted runners with their garden hoses. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Calif. Firefighters Pick Their Battles Jul 2, 2008
A smaller blaze in the nearby Trinity Alps Wilderness, a popular summer hiking spot, was only 2 percent contained after charring more than 4 square acres. Kirchner said wildfires have not been blamed for any significant injuries to civilians or firefighters even though some 570 square miles of land have burned in California this season. (CBS News)
