Climbing

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Three climbers who were among scores who scaled Mount Everest over the weekend died on their descent and two more are missing, a Nepalese official said Monday.

Those dead and missing were not from the United States. Two men from Ogden were among the hundreds attempting to summit the world's highest mountain. Information on the status of Tom Burton wand Will Calton was not available at this time.

LAYTON -- Friday and Saturday beginning at 9 a.m., incredible skill and agility will be demonstrated by Utah's best tree climbers at the Utah Community Forest Council/International Society of Arboriculture-Utah Chapter's 18th Annual Tree Climbing Championship at Layton Commons Park, 437 North Wasatch Drive, Layton , Utah.

The event will showcase talents of the state's best climbers as they compete for the title of Utah champion. Competitors will perform five climbs - Work Climb, Aerial Rescue, Belayed Speed Climb, Secured Foot Lock, and Throw Line.

OGDEN — In the face of high winds, falling rocks and an enormous avalanche, two Ogden men are on their way to the top of Mt. Everest.

Friends Will Calton and Tom Burton, both 50, both of Ogden, make up half of a team climbing the Earth’s highest mountain. Team leader Jeff Reynolds, of Santa Fe, N.M., and fellow climber Rob Cassady, from Colorado, make four.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- A Colorado sheriff says a nationally known climber who wrote books and numerous articles on the subject has died after falling 60 feet during a climb.

OGDEN -- A mural celebrating Ogden's growing stature as a sports activities center is being painted on the side of a parking structure at 23rd Street and Washington Boulevard.

LOS ANGELES -- A hiker who died in Yosemite National Park this week after plunging down the face of Half Dome was identified Wednesday.