This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and ...

Kilimanjaro is a tantalising prospect: an enormous, continent-topping high that even ordinary hikers can reach once steeled ...

Few outdoor adventures offer the payoff rock climbing does — a screensaver-worthy shot from a summit, along with a story you’ll never tire of telling. The boasting and epic views are rewards for years ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...

In the 1990s, alpinist Alex Lowe was on top of the world. He was considered the best mountain climber of his generation. He summited Everest twice, tackled K2, and, with his best buddy and climbing ...

Three climbers, including a foreign national, were killed and eight others were missing after an avalanche hit a climbing expedition on a Himalayan peak in Nepal, police said on Monday.