Mountaineering
Kilian Jornet Summits Mount Rainier, Completes All 72 U.S. 14’ers
Today, Kilian Jornet topped out on Mount Rainier, marking...
Flashback: Vladislav Terzyul’s 2004 Disappearance on Makalu
In the 1980s, Vladislav Oleksandrovych Terzyul of Ukraine emerged...
Looking Back: The 1988 Ascent of Everest’s Southwest Face
In the autumn of 1988, a team of Slovak...
Kilian Jornet Finishes Colorado 14,000’ers, Heads Now to California
Kilian Jornet has now finished all 56 accessible peaks...
50 Years Ago: The First Ascent of Everest’s Southwest Face
On Sept. 24, 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston...
Car Accident Claims Lives of Piolet d’Or Winner and Partner
On September 18, shortly before midnight, a car accident...
Finalists of 2025 Banff Mountain Book Competition Announced
The 29 finalists in the 2025 Banff Mountain Book...
Russians Start on South Face of Ogre After Change of Plans
Virtually alone in the Karakoram, a Russian team is...
A Huge 146Km, 70-Hour Traverse in the Canadian Rockies
Canadian athlete Adam Mertens has completed a unique alpine...
Pobeda: The Snow Leopards’ Most Dangerous Summit
Pobeda Peak (7,439m), also known as Jengish Chokusu or...
Great Tales in Mountaineering History: Ulugh Muztagh, 1985
Ulugh Muztagh (6,973m) is an extremely remote peak on...
Can AI Stop You From Getting Hurt in the Mountains?
A pair of Japanese data scientists have published a...
Legendary Russian Alpinist Dies Following Incident on Pobeda Peak
Nikolay Totmyanin, one of the old stars of Russian...
A Trail Runner Pushes New Limits in the Canadian Rockies
High above the Bow Valley in Canada's Rocky Mountains,...
Remembering South Korean Mountaineer Kim Chang-ho
Kim Chang-ho was a South Korean mountaineer who summited...
Breaking Boundaries: Naila Kiani is Changing Mountaineering in Pakistan
Naila Kiani is on her way to becoming the...
Injured Climber’s Rescue From California Peak Needed Five Helicopters
Around 3:30 pm on July 2, an SOS signal...
Huascaran Tragedy: One Climber Rescued
Experienced climbers Saki Terada and Chiaki Inada from Japan...
Indian Mountaineering Legend Captain M.S. Kohli Dies At 93
Captain Manmohan Singh Kohli, a pioneering Indian mountaineer, passed...
Legendary Alpinist Krystyna Palmowska, 76, Dies in Climbing Fall
One of Poland's great alpinists of the 1970s and...
Lenin Peak: Historic Climbs and Tragedies on this ‘Easiest’ 7,000’er
Lenin Peak, a towering giant in the Pamirs, has...
