Tyler Andrews, 36, climbed the 29,032-foot peak in just 9 hours and 55 minutes, smashing the record of 10 hours and 56 ...

The accident occurred at about 18,000 feet in the area of Denali Pass. By John Branch Three members of a Latvian climbing expedition have died in an accident high on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s Denali ...

The climbing window for Mount Everest has narrowed this year because of a glacial blockage An elite team of Nepali climbers have managed to clear a way to the summit of Mount Everest, as experts warn ...

Two climbers died on Mount Everest in the days after massive crowds reached the top. Outside learned of the fatalities from a liaison officer with Nepal’s Department of Tourism who is stationed at ...

An American climber has died in an avalanche on Mount Makalu, officials said Tuesday, as fatalities mount early in Nepal's busy spring climbing season. Shelley Johannesen, 53, was killed on Monday ...

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Climbers and officials have met in Kathmandu to discuss the risks of scaling Mount Everest. The meeting comes during a record ...

Early in the morning on May 10, a Nepali high-altitude worker named Bijaya Ghimire died while climbing through the Khumbu Icefall at the foot of Mount Everest. Officials do not know of a cause of ...

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Summit turns deadly: Shelley Johannesen died in an avalanche on May 11 while descending Makalu, days after reaching its 8,485-metre summit. Final words shared: Days before her death, Johannesen posted ...

China’s first internationally certified female professional tree climber has turned a fear of heights into a career spent high in the canopy, pruning urban trees. Yu Yanling, a former track athlete ...

Extreme sports athlete Dean Potter’s longtime partner remembers seeing his “perfect body” moments after his death in a wingsuit flying accident. Jen Rapp was at Yosemite National Park on that fateful ...