"Roads are blocked and rescuers have to climb the mountains to reach hard-hit villages, " Li Fuchun, head of Yunnan's Luozehe town, was quoted as saying.

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The view of the town is equally impressive during the day, or at night, when thousands of lights climb the darkened mountains in a dreamscape of illumination.

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In the eighth expedition he went as a government liaison officer with the Swiss expedition to "study the mountain" hoping that this attempt too would fail so that he could be the first person to climb one of the tallest mountains in the world.

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People come here for all sorts of reasons: to ski, climb and hike on the mountains, to raft and kayak the rivers, to camp among the trees, or explore on their mountain bikes.

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Tonight I will cook dinner, tell my husband how much I love him, curl up with the dogs, watch the sun go down over the mountains and climb into bed.

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From stage seven onwards, the race heads for the Jura mountains of eastern France, before going into the Alps and a punishing climb to the summit of Avoriaz.

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In other parts of the world, the devoted nail themselves to wooden planks or climb mountains in their bare feet.

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We continued our climb towards our final pass at Jashyl-Kol, where the mountains were black and glaciers loomed.

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Soon, I will climb to a cruise altitude of 15, 500 feet to clear the highest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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