Describing the terrain, Shekhar said, “The peak is mostly covered in moraine (large rocks). The climb has an incline of about 45 to 50 degrees. We reached the summit by passing through a snow ...

July 26, 2000 - PIKES PEAK - Lightning on Tuesday struck and killed an 18-year-old hiker from Topeka, Kan., who was about 300 feet below the 14,110-foot summit of Pikes Peak, according to the El Paso ...