High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video ...

Marty Hoey was part of an American expedition climbing the North Face of the mountain when she died - her body has never been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Marco Confortola claimed on July 21 from the summit of Gasherbrum I that he'd climbed all 14 of the 8,000m peaks without ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An injured climber was rescued Tuesday near the summit of Mount Hood. Around 7:15 a.m., the 43-year-old climber attempting to summit tripped in an extremely steep area, known as Old ...

A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher ...

Summiting the Roof of Africa isn't for the faint of heart, but these tips for climbing Kilimanjaro (from someone who has done ...

Rescuers battled high winds to reach the sole surviving climber, who spent several harrowing hours on a precarious, rocky ...

Mountain Rescue Aspen has successfully rescued a climber on Capitol Peak after they were reported “overdue” by the other member of their party. Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch received the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 43-year-old man climbing on Mount Hood on Tuesday tripped in a steep area and sustained injuries, leading to an almost-eight-hour rescue operation spearheaded by the ...

Boulder climbers Renan Ozturk and Corey Richards just bagged a new route on 21,320-foot Tawoche in Nepal — a mighty feat in any case, but this time made worse by crumbly rock and 36 hours without ...

SAIJO, Ehime – Straddling Saijo and Kumakogen in Ehime Prefecture, Mt. Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan, standing at 6,503 feet above sea level. As a rookie reporter who started this ...