The Piolets d’Or, known as the ‘Golden Ice Axe’, represents mountaineering’s highest honor. Founded in 1992, The Piolets d’Or are annual mountaineering and alpine climbing awards presented by the ...
Jess Roskelley had one last mountain to climb before he could go home. The challenge this time? Howse Peak, a massive vertical rock looming over a frozen alpine lake in the Canadian Rockies. Few even ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Northern California native Alex Honnold ...
The two Frenchmen have summited previously unclimbed Jannu East via the 2,300m north face after a four-day, alpine-style push ...
A Russian mountain climber protested President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine by unfurling the Ukrainian flag after reaching the summit of Mount Everest. Images capturing the dramatic moment ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — One local family is grateful to welcome their daughter back home after her mountain climbing achievement. Two weeks ago, Katelyn Sims was scaling Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in ...
Choose carefully, as for some this not a metaphor. The mythic Mount Meru in the Himalayas is thought to be the center of the universe, in that it "govern[s] the courses of heavenly bodies," writes ...