Climbing the world’s 14 highest peaks — all located in the Himalayas — has long represented the ultimate objective in alpinism. From K2 to Annapurna, these mountains present some of the toughest ...

Climate change is melting glaciers, disrupting snowfall patterns and causing deadly cloudbursts and floods all across the ...

The second, or fall, climbing season in the Himalaya will soon end. Deep winter will soon envelope the highest mountains in the world rendering these giants unclimbable. Several expeditions have set ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials in Nepal recently implemented a new safety measure for climbers embarking on the daunting journey to conquer Mount ...

Recovered GoPro footage shows what is thought to be some of the final moments of the eight climbers who died climbing the Indian Himalayas. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

LOOK UP: A fore-shortened view of Lhotse's imposing South Face from the summit of Island Peak. Photo: EDWARD MORGAN Last spring, I climbed a couple of easy 6,000ers in Nepal with Howard Lister. When ...