Aconcagua Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres and the tallest peak outside of Asia, rises to 22,841 feet (6,961 meters). As ...
Rock climbers are up in arms after the announcement of new, sweeping bans that will stop them from climbing a world-famous mountain. The ancient Mount Arapiles in Victoria, Australia is a ...
A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat ...
James McAlloon, a Queensland resident, has been training for his upcoming Antarctica journey. In December, he will be attempting to become the first person to c ...
His Czech climbing partner Marek Holecek said that the pair had just ... In 2009, famed Slovenian mountaineer Tomaz Humar was ...
Sherpa, who started climbing high-altitude mountains at the age of 16, summited all eight-thousanders in 740 days. He reached the peak of Nepal’s Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain ...
But they hope the 40,000 to 50,000 people who climb the mountain each year will heed an unusual alert from the U.S. Forest Service. The federal agency that oversees Mount St. Helens has asked ...
For the rest of you, they’re two of the greatest rock climbers of all time and between them are responsible for two of the best climbing films ever made: Free Solo and Dawn Wall. So when I heard that ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest female to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the ...
Here are the top 10 easiest mountain peaks to climb. (Image: Canva) At 6,153 meters, Stok Kangri is a high-altitude adventure without technical skills needed. The climb offers breathtaking views ...
As they drew closer, they could tell the cracked leather was old and worn, and the sole was studded and bracketed with the diamond-patterned steel hobnails of a bygone era of climbing.