Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington met on Mount Everest and share a mutual love for death-defying climbs. So when Harrington, a rock climber, and Ballinger, a mountaineer, planned their wedding, they invited guests on a nine-day hike to the summit of Cotopaxi, a 19,347-foot volcano in Ecuador. They didn’t expect many friends to join, but 42 people ultimately accompanied them on the climb. The couple then tied the knot with a beach wedding at Ayampe, Ecuador, where they got matching tattoos depicting Cotopaxi and Ayampe. When Patrick Mitchell, 72, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer last year, his daughter, Vanessa Mitchell-Delmotte, knew he would want to live every moment to the fullest. So she posted to a local Facebook group in Coronado, Calif., where her parents live, asking for…
