Our mountaineering expert looks into the death zone and the reasons why climbing 8,000-meter peaks can be so dangerous ...

Early on Oct. 9, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa took the final, labored steps to the pointy summit of Shishapangma (26,335 feet), the ...

The mountainous complex consists of a group of five bare rock peaks, with the highest point, Bektau- Ata, reaching 1,214m. Some of these mountains are connected by a maze of ridges and canyons, which ...

The Antarctic SummerThe fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest ...

The Federal Aviation Administration says an air traffic controller’s instructions kept an American Airlines flight from ...

and Shishapangma stood as the final peak for both Americans. Climbing the ‘eight-thousanders’ constitutes the ultimate achievement in mountaineering. Fourteen mountains in the world rise above ...

While flying over Hawaii, an American Airlines flight narrowly avoided colliding with a mountain peak in Honolulu. Flight ...

This weekend 10 rescuers, four snow scooters, an ATV, and a four-wheeler where deployed to Czechia's tallest peak to rescue ...

Peaks of Yore is a historical, physics-based climbing sim that’s got a near perfect score on Steam, and it just got better ...

RAIPUR: An auto rickshaw driver’s daughter who wants to climb African mountain Kilimanjaro and hoist the Indian national flag ...