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Richardson Viano, of Haiti, celebrates after finishing the men's slalom run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Haiti sent skier Richardson Viano to China as its first winter Olympian ever. Like Viano, who learned to ski in France after he was adopted by a French family, most of the African and Caribbean participants in the Games either trained or lived in countries with ski slopes and training facilities. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
On the slopes, a struggle for Black skiers’ Olympic dreams

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 16, 2022 07:46 PM EST

Richardson Viano, of Haiti looks back up the hill after finishing the first run of the men's giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Orphan rides 'magic powder' from Haiti to Winter Olympics

By John Leicester Feb. 13, 2022 03:31 AM EST

FILE - The Olympic logo is seen on a hillside at Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei Province, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims

By Candice Choi And Kelvin Chan Feb. 10, 2022 10:35 PM EST

French skier Théaux crashes in training, will miss Olympics

Nov. 16, 2021 08:38 AM EST
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Three-time Olympian Adrien Théaux underwent surgery after he crashed in training in the United States and will miss the Olympic...

This cover image released by Merge Records shows "Dark in Here" by The Mountain Goats. (Merge Records via AP)
Review: Demons, imaginations run wild on Mountain Goats set

By Steven Wine Jun. 23, 2021 12:10 PM EDT

FILE - Delicate Arch is seen at Arches National Park on April 25, 2021, near Moab, Utah. Record visitation and long lines at Arches National Park in Utah are reviving a push for a reservation system. KUER reports Arches is on track to have its busiest year ever, and that increase in visitation has caused the park to close its gates over 80 times so far in 2021. (AP Photo/Lindsay Whitehurst, File)
Long lines revive push for new system at Utah national park

By Kate Groetzinger Jun. 20, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa speaks during an interview with The Associate Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 7, 2021. Most Sherpa guides in Nepal famed for the climbing skills have had little or no work guiding foreign trekkers on Nepal's mountains because of the pandemic but trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa is spending his savings to help fellow guides and workers who are struggling for their livelihood. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Sherpa guide uses savings to help colleagues during pandemic

By Binaj Gurubacharya Jun. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

Florida horse rescue center cares for wild mustangs

By Christopher Spata Jun. 06, 2021 06:45 AM EDT
Webster, Fla. (AP) — The white hieroglyphs running down the mustang’s big, brown neck, and the necks of all the horses like him, tell some of the story — if...

Chinese climber Zhang Hong, 44, who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest upon return from the mountain sits during an interview with the Associated Press at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 31, 2021.Zhang says he aims to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents and then travel to the North and South Poles. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Chinese climber becomes 1st blind Asian to scale Everest

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 31, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

American climber Arthur Muir, 75, gestures to media as he arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 30, 2021. The retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world's highest peak, on Sunday returned safely from the mountain where climbing teams have been struggling with bad weather and a coronavirus outbreak. Arthur Muir, 75, scaled the peak earlier this month, beating the record by another American, Bill Burke, at age 67. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)
Oldest American, fastest woman on Everest return safely

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 30, 2021 01:40 AM EDT

Visitors to White Mountains offered safety, packing tips

May. 29, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Visitors to the White Mountain National Forest this Memorial Day weekend are being encouraged to check the weather, stay safe, and pack...

FILE- In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Mount Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
Virus fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 29, 2021 12:06 AM EDT

Sidney Gleason, right, and Joe Gorsuch, both of Syracuse, take a selfie with Lower Ausable Lake in the background, while taking a break at Indian Head summit inside the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, Saturday, May 15, 2021, near St. Huberts, N.Y. A free reservation system went online recently to control growing number of visitors packing the parking lot and tramping on the trails through the private land of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve. The increasingly common requirements, in effect from Maui to Maine, offer a trade-off to visitors, sacrificing spontaneity and ease of access for benefits like guaranteed parking spots and more elbow room in the woods. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Party of 4? Your trail is ready. Busy parks try reservations

By Michael Hill May. 28, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita who returned from the mountains on a helicopter arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The 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. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Bad dream stopped Everest guide from climbing peak 26th time

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 25, 2021 03:44 AM EDT

A view of the cable car line that collapsed near Stresa, Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing at least 13 people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Italy investigators probe why cable car brake 'didn't work'

By Nicole Winfield And Charlene Pele May. 24, 2021 02:36 AM EDT

A woman wearing a face mask loads groceries into her car after shopping at a Zupan's grocery store in Portland, Ore., on Friday, May 21, 2021. As the federal government and many states ease rules around mask-wearing and business occupancy, some blue states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to some longtime coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
The Latest: Variant 1st seen in UK now dominant in LA County

By The Associated Press May. 22, 2021 07:39 AM EDT

FILE- In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. A Swiss climber and an American have died on Mount Everest in the season's first casualties on the world's highest mountain, expedition organizers said Thursday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
Guide: Over 100 virus cases on Everest despite Nepal denials

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 22, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

A stranded Spanish national shows his papers as he arrives to board a repatriation flight arranged by their government at Kathmandu airport, Nepal, Friday, May 21, 2021,. The flight to Madrid took 96 people who have been stranded in Nepal since the country went on lockdown in April to curb the spiking COVID-19 cases. The plane also brought to Nepal medical aid and equipment worth 1 million Euro ($1.2 million) gifted by the Spanish government as Nepal struggles with highest daily new cases and highest daily deaths this month. (AP Photo/Binaj Gurubacharya)
Repatriation flight rescues stranded Spaniards from Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 21, 2021 12:56 AM EDT

Edilberto Jimenez poses with one of his drawings at his home in San Juan de Lurigancho, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Jimenez compiled in a book his interpretation of the sufferings that Peruvians have endured during the COVID pandemic that has caused a deepening economic crisis and has killed more than 66,000 people in the Andean country. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Artist publishes 100 drawings from Peru's COVID-19 pandemic

By Franklin Briceño May. 21, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
The Latest: Florida's amusement parks loosen mask wearing

By The Associated Press May. 15, 2021 01:26 AM EDT