Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

Climbing the highest peak on each continent is one of the most iconic challenges in the world of mountaineering. Popularly ...

This spring climbing season saw Pakistani mountaineers make notable achievements on the world’s highest peaks. Here is a ...

A veteran Japanese climber died while her friend was rescued on the highest mountain in Peru. Experienced mountaineer Chiaki ...

The climbing season in the Himalayas continues, with high-altitude expeditions taking on K2 and other 8,000-meter peaks in the Karakoram. After a successful spr ...

Along a spiralling mountain trail on a morning when the air’s so chilled and dry your breath feels ragged before it even ...

In my younger years in school, I always loved geography. Living in New Hampshire, there was so much to be excited about. However, it’s a big world out there with ...

The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...

A central Illinois man climbed out of the regions corn and soy fields to summit the tallest mountain in the world — with his ...

Drones are helping clean Mount Everest’s slopes, now so littered with waste that the peak is often called the “world’s ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...