Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

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.

It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...

This week, host Wendy Corr visits with Wyoming adventurer and author Sam Lightner, Jr. From Sam’s passion for mountain ...

Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and ...

While climbing mountains all over the world ... 2008 K2 disaster – coming after a similar 1986 tragedy that saw five people die on the mountain – a massive ice avalanche swept away climbers ...

That carefree motto–“I thought I would give it a shot”–has served Hyman well in his 21 years of life. His knack for adventure ...

One of the top rock climbers in the world considered by many to be the greatest of all time now calls Las Vegas home and is passionate about protecting access to public lands.

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

Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England – and there’s a strong argument that it’s also the best peak. Towering 978 metres above the country’s deepest lake and smallest church (we love those ...

Jason Quinn is a do-it-yourself man through and through. He's able to fix anything mechanical and climbs translator towers. His answer to the question, "Can you do this?" has always been "Yes." He ...