Tragedy on Grossglockner Tragedy unfolded in Austria on the mountain Grossglockner last weekend. A 33-year old woman froze to ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

Idaho's highest peak may have a lower ascent than other mountains in the West, but its steep elevation gain proves it is not ...

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

An Augusta native has become a free-climb world record holder – climbing some of the highest peaks in California in under 22 hours.

Scotland is home to the Munros, the 282 peaks over 3000ft high. It's therefore the UK's best destination for mountains. This ...

Patrick Monday became the second Aggie in Texas A&M history to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

The highest mountains in the world”, as the enthusiastic in-flight brochure called them, quite correctly. It was for my ...

Built onto a cliffside in an area dominated by 200-metre high sandstone rockfaces sits the world's tallest outdoor elevator, ...

The top highest roads in the world, offering rugged terrain, high-altitude passes, and access to remote cultural and natural ...

Just days later, the Gulf of America has become a real thing.

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...