As Donald Trump publicly second-guesses Kevin McCarthy over the Jan. 6 hearings, House Republicans once again risk getting caught between their conference leader and the former president. Trump’s criticism of McCarthy comes nearly a year after the minority leader yanked three picks for the Capitol riot committee in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s veto of […]
Posts Tagged ‘climbing’
Pain at the Pump in Ohio as Gas Prices Keep Climbing
The price of gas keeps going up. How high it will go, nobody knows. But one thing is for sure—it had been going up in price for the last several months, and now, the United States won’t be purchasing barrels of oil for it from Russia. On March 8, hours before President Joe Biden placed […]
Bad Dream Stopped Everest Guide From Climbing Peak Record 26th Time
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A record-holding Sherpa climber halted his attempt to scale Mount Everest for a 26th time because of a bad dream but plans to try again next year. Kami Rita already reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain for a record 25th time earlier this month but stopped his most recent […]
Fatalities Climbing
48-Year-Old Surgeon DEAD after Mocking “Anti-vaxxers” and Writing His Own Obituary after Moderna COVID Injections Total Views : 31,004 by The COVID BlogTOLEDO, OHIO — A 48-year-old plastic surgeon is dead in a story that demonstrates the limitless levels of surrealism when it comes to these experimental shots and government/media narratives.Dr. Thomas Flanigan received the first dose of […]
Illegal Climbing Route Set Over 1000-year-old Petroglyphs in Utah
While climbing near Sunshine Slabs north of Utah’s Arches National Park in the United States, climbers discovered illegal climbing bolts fixed into petroglyphs that are said to be 1,000 years old. While it might seem a matter of common sense and decency not to hammer metal into the face of a painted rock, experienced climbers […]
Putin Challenges Biden To Stair-Climbing Contest
MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin has challenged Joe Biden to a contest of wits, strength, and cunning: a stair-ascending contest. The winner of the contest will gain control of the other country. “Stair-ascending contest, me and you, right now, let’s go,” said Putin as he met with the American president. “He who wins become supreme glorious leader forever […]
Jewish Harvard professor dies while climbing in Pakistan’s mountains
A prominent Jewish doctor in Boston died this week while attempting a challenging ascent in the mountains of Pakistan. Alex Goldfarb, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, was an experienced climber as well as a beloved nephrologist who taught at Harvard Medical School, authored medical texts and traveled to New York last year to […]
US wildfires death toll keeps climbing as smoke chokes West Coast
At least 31 people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been displaced as wildfires continue to rage across the US West Coast. The fires in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington have obliterated some towns and the smoke now poses a health hazard to millions of people. For people already enduring […]
Activity continues at Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano; recent eruption closes airport
Seismicity under Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz continues at elevated levels, and the volcano is experiencing frequent ash emissions since May 17, 2016. An eruption at about 10:40 UTC on May 22 sent ash 2.3 km (7 545 feet) above the crater (7.5 km / 24 606 feet a.s.l.) and temporarily closed La Nubia airport […]