Outdoor Recreation

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.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Retired two-sport star Bo Jackson hopes to raise $1 million for tornado relief and increase awareness of lingering damage across Alabama with a five-day, 300-mile bicycle ride through the state that begins Tuesday.

Enjoy the great weather. Here is your fishing report and Top of Utah outdoors calendar. Be safe out there.

LAYTON -- The newest urban fishing spot in Davis County is almost ready to open.

ANTELOPE ISLAND — Antelope Island is becoming more horse-friendly.

On a one-year trial basis, Utah State Parks has expanded the trail corridor access on the island for equestrian use, said Hollie Brown, state parks spokeswoman.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The crew of the Low Speed Chase was a relaxed but adventurous cadre of expert sailors who were fixtures on the Marin County waterfront, friends and family say.

For five of them, the toughest race in local yachting circles -- the Full Crew Farallones Race, held annually since 1907 -- was their last. A towering wave washed them overboard Saturday afternoon as their boat rounded the islands, and rescue efforts by three crew members who survived the disaster were dashed by another wall of water that wrecked the sailboat.