Mount Everest is 29,032 feet tall, and every year, hundreds attempt to climb it. Its fatality rate is 1%. Here are five ...

This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and fitness to successfully summit.

Around the world, colossal statues rise above city skylines, mountain valleys, and serene countryside landscapes, each one a ...

Richard Bryant, a 76-year-old Ivins City retiree, summited Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain in the world, ...

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet, in an ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited controversy in the mountaineering world. To reach the highest point on Earth ...

The climber’s body was found two days after his fall. A climber looking to ascend the tallest peak in the country has died. Alex Chiu fell while ascending the West Buttress climbing route on Mount ...

Kilian Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers, did something this month that left even other elite athletes gasping: He climbed all 72 summits in the contiguous United States that ...