Ever wondered what it feels like to ascend an 8,000-meter peak without supplemental oxygen? Mountaineer Stefi Trouget takes ...

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The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor retailer REI and ...

A climber was successfully rescued from Capitol Peak, one of Aspen’s 14ers, early Wednesday morning. The Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center originally received a call from the stranded ...

The climber hurt his shoulder, hand and ankle in the fall, officials said Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016. Siskiyou County ...

An injured Bay Area man was rescued after falling 700 feet down Mount Shasta, marking the first major rescue of the season, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. The man was one of two ...

On May 15, Columbus resident Robert Alt summited the tallest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest. Since then, his journey has continued. Now he has summited six of the seven highest peaks in the world.

Imagine for a moment that you and your romantic partner, both passionate mountain climbers, are attempting an ascent of the highest mountain in the Alps, Austria’s mighty Großglockner (Glockner).

A man has been found guilty of grossly negligent manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend, who was “galaxies” behind him in terms of climbing experience, to freeze to death on Austria’s tallest ...