On August 4-9, Marc Toralles, Bru Busom, and Ruben Sanmartin opened a difficult alpine-style route on 6,634m Yerupaja, Peru’s second-highest mountain. The Spaniards' 3,000m line went up the east face ...

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PARK CITY, Utah -- A mother of seven from Utah is travelling all over the world in a quest to do something that no other woman has ever done. And it was a near-death experience that inspired her to ...

The highest mountains in the world have a unique allure. A journey just to catch glimpses of these mysterious, remote, savage giants is the trip of a lifetime for many and, for mountaineers, they’re ...

After a rescuer was stranded while attempting to retrieve her body, a team of climbers set out on foot An experienced Chinese climber died while descending the world’s second-highest mountain, just a ...

From 1975: A climbing team from Washington, led by Jim Whittaker, of Seattle, was preparing an assault on K2 in Pakistan. Whittaker said that the world’s second-tallest mountain “may prove more ...

The most beautiful mountains in the world captivate those who lay eyes upon them. We bestow these mountains with personality, declare them as home to the gods, elevate them to a status that’s surely ...