How Nims Purja’s Himalayan climb ended in deadly disaster
Broad Peak stands austerely in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. Heavy snowfall had started to blanket the mountain a week…
Park Ranger Dies After Falling Into a Crevasse on Mt. McKinley
A ranger who was assigned to a climbing patrol on Mount McKinley in Alaska, North America’s tallest peak,…
3 Latvian Climbers Die in Fall on Mt. McKinley
Three members of a Latvian climbing expedition have died in an accident high on Mount McKinley in Alaska’s…
Jon Krakauer on his Everest climb: ‘I wish I’d never gone’
Nobody goes there. It’s almost suicidal. She was there with the world’s best climbers, Steve Swenson and Alex.…
The Elite ‘Doctors’ Who Care for Mount Everest
Dawa Jangbu Sherpa is one of 11 elite doctors who monitor the perilous slopes of Mount Everest. But…
Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97
Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, whose myriad climbing achievements and longtime leadership at REI,…
Climber Tells Austrian Court Girlfriend Told Him, ‘Go Now!’
An Austrian court is weighing a rare question: When does a climbing partner become legally responsible for…
Heavy snow hinders rescue of hikers on Mount Everest. We explain.
Rescuers are struggling to reach at least 200 hikers trapped in a Mount Everest valley by an unexpectedly…
Laura Dahlmeier death: Olympic biathlon champion confirmed dead after Pakistan mountaineering accident
“It was determined that a helicopter rescue is not possible,” Areeb Ahmed Mukhtar, a senior local official in…