Before the era when the world’s tallest peaks could be conquered, mountaineers wrestled with the method and purpose of their ...
Our mountaineering expert looks into the death zone and the reasons why climbing 8,000-meter peaks can be so dangerous ...
Legendary climbers Louis Lachenal and Maurice Herzog became the first climbers to summit an 8,000-meter peak - Lachenal died ...
Today marks the anniversary of the tragic early death of the pioneering French alpinist, who accompanied Maurice Herzog to ...
Early on Oct. 9, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa took the final, labored steps to the pointy summit of Shishapangma (26,335 feet), the ...
An American Climbing Record Mountaineer Tracee Metcalfe recently became the first American woman to climb all fourteen ...
When it comes to trekking in Nepal, two predominant courses that regularly come up for talk are the Langtang Valley trek and ...
The 'Winter Climbing' season technically begins on December 21st on the astronomical calendar, and climbing expeditions are ...