Noel Hanna, an experienced alpinist, was found dead at a camp after he climbed the summit of Annapurna without supplemental oxygen. By Bhadra Sharma Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal An experienced ...

The Winter Climbing Season begins Saturday, December 21, with the solstice and the official start of winter. The climbing expedition teams seeking to summit Himalayan peaks this winter season are ...

Climbers trekking through a snowy slope heading to Mount Everest in the distance - Vixit/Shutterstock Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows ...

Rhett Evans climbs Mount Everest in May of 2024. For years, Olathe’s Rhett Evans had his sights set on climbing Mount Everest. But when he got to Nepal this spring — and got very sick with a parasite ...

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 the highest peak on the continent of South America ...

In a week when Mt Everest grew by nearly one metre, we lost Doug Scott who with Dougal Haston was the first to scale the formidable southwest face of the world’s highest mountain. He was one of the ...

Remote Pauhunri peak lies in the Eastern Himalaya, on the border between Sikkim, India, and Tibet. In 1911, it became the highest peak ever summited, yet it remains little known compared with other ...

Given the places he's gone, you wouldn't think much would scare world-renowned photographer and filmmaker Cory Richards. He came close to death, as seen in his short film Cold, while mountain-climbing ...