Karl Egloff of Ecuador has run from Aconcagua Base Camp to the main and south summits and back in 8 hrs 49 min. He is ...

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

“We started with, I want to say 13 or 14 people and ultimately left on our summit day with seven or eight,” he said. “Some people got sick and it just didn’t work. Everest wasn’t their ...

Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its ...

Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations ...

We had a beautiful summit day, perfect weather ... to the world’s most formidable and iconic peaks, including Mt. Everest, K2, unclimbed peaks in the Himalayas, and each of the 'Seven Summits'.

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

Strong winds are always a problem in 8,000m climbing, but especially in winter, when they're even stronger. We review the ...

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than familiar aids like bottled oxygen.