As Earth warms at a record rate, winters are shorter and milder and there is less snow globally, creating clear challenges ...
Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...
The majority of Americans who envision European mountains imagine postcard vistas of snow-covered peaks and quaint villages ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said that a Filipino who went on a hiking trip to the Northern Japanese ...
A great route that climbs up the imposing West Face of the Sass Pordoi, to the left of Abram. The route takes a direct and extremely exposed line up excellent rock.The route was climbed from the ...
BELLEVUE, WA – Vishnu Irigireddy, a respected engineering executive from Renton, was one of three climbers who died on May 10, following a tragic fall in Washington’s North Cascades. The climbers were ...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today published three new reports on the analytical results of the Additional Measures, confirming the consistency of independent assessments conducted by ...
BOHINJ, Slovenia, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Three Croatian climbers were killed after an avalanche struck below the Toska mountain peak in Slovenia's Julian Alps on Sunday, rescuers said on Monday. The search ...
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Two Filipino climbers were rescued from Japan’s Mount Okuhotakadake but one died after being airlifted to safety, authorities said on Sunday. According to local police, the men, aged 53 and 48, were ...
The stranded climbers were at elevations above 4,900 metres (16,000 feet). Above: Clouds surrounding the Himalayan mountain Mount Everest from Syangboche in the Everest region, some 140 kms northeast ...
Hundreds of trekkers were recently caught in a rogue storm on the eastern flank of mighty Mount Everest in Tibet. One hiker has died, over 200 trekkers remain stranded, while over 300 fortunate ...