Mountain climbing

OGDEN — Some of his toenails haven’t grown back, and his hands and cheeks feel noticeably colder than they used to when the weather gets chilly.

Still, Will Calton knows that’s a pretty good outcome considering the upper reaches of Mount Everest could easily have become his tomb.

OGDEN — Will Calton and Tom Burton suffered through avalanches, freezing temperatures, two months of patience-testing delays and a mountain that challenged them in ways they’d never faced.

But the few minutes spent at the top of Mount Everest were worth it all.

“It’s what I imagined the Himalayas would be like,” said Burton, recalling standing on top of the world’s highest mountain. “All the clouds were below us, and all the peaks coming out of the clouds. Just spectacular.”

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The Wasatch Front will be alive this weekend with jet car engines on the ground and in the air.

Of course, the Hill Air Force Base Air Show will fill the Top of Utah skies.

OGDEN -- An Ogden resident and Mount Everest climber spent the night in the hospital, while bad weather claimed the lives of other climbers on the mountain over the weekend.

OGDEN — With crimping and sloping hand-grabs, 31 competitive climbers crawled their way Saturday up boulders with names like “Lobster” and “Tooth.”

The competition at the 27th Street boulder field was one of the activities scheduled during the three-day fifth annual Ogden Climbing Festival.

Participants got points based on the climbing difficulty and amount achieved in two hours.

Other activities included a climbing clinic, instructed by professional climber Peter Croft, and a kid’s clinic. More than 60 people participated in the two events.

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.