Mountains represent more than just beauty and grandeur. Their magnanimous presence often hides unspeakable dangers and the sting of natural laws. Humanity has historically been obsessed with climbing ...

A veteran who lost both his legs became the first double amputee to reach the summit of the highest peaks on every continent ...

Climbers trekking through a snowy slope heading to Mount Everest in the distance - Vixit/Shutterstock Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows ...

There is little doubt that mountain climbing is one of the most dangerous sports only true thrill seekers should attempt.

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

Lhakpa Sherpa is a climber who holds the female record for the most Mount Everest summits. A new Netflix documentary reveals how Sherpa battled abuse while pursuing her climbing dreams. Sherpa is ...

The man, Kokichi Akuzawa, said he woke up at 5 a.m. every morning for three months to train for the feat Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

After several hours playing through an exclusive, hands-on demo of Cairn, the upcoming climbing-survival sim, we were riveted ...

Meet the rescue pup who inspired a story about her love of mountain climbing.

On July 19, 1894, the mountaineering club called the Mazamas held its inaugural meeting on the summit of Mount Hood, beginning almost 130 years of mountain climbing, conservation and education.

MT. HOOD, Ore. — Crews rescued a climber from Mt. Hood’s high crater area on Tuesday after he tripped and fell while trying to summit the mountain. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office was called out ...