His Czech climbing partner Marek Holecek said that the pair had just ... then continued down a labyrinth into the depths of ...

Aconcagua Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres and the tallest peak outside of Asia, rises to 22,841 feet (6,961 meters). As ...

Superlatives rule in describing Iceland’s natural wonders—from the magnificence of its vast mountains to breathtaking ...

revealed by melting ice on a glacier. This boot was believed to belong to Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine, who disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory.

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is on the bucket list of many active South Africans. Who wouldn’t want to stand on the ‘Roof of ...

and the sole was studded and bracketed with the diamond-patterned steel hobnails of a bygone era of climbing. In September, on the broad expanse of the Central Rongbuk Glacier, below the ...

A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat ...

Every reporter should have a rolodex filled with people who are good for a quote — whether it’s about something happening on ...

Demand increased by 5.9 million tonnes in the crop year that just ended, while supply could rise by 1.6 million tonnes By ...

A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month. The so-called “sea smoke,” isn’t actually smoke, it’s fog ...