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How one climber's false summit claim helped turn K2 into a graveyard
High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video ...
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US Mount Everest climber's tragic death ended historic summit attempt
Marty Hoey was part of an American expedition climbing the North Face of the mountain when she died - her body has never been ...
A war veteran who lost both his legs in Afghanistan has become the first double above-knee amputee to summit the highest ...
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Winter Makalu Team Ready for Summit Push
The strong Sherpa team has already fixed ropes up to 6,800m. They and their two clients will go for the summit this week, if ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...
Record-setting British climber says he will scale Everest again next year, targeting his 20th summit
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — An injured climber was rescued Tuesday near the summit of Mount Hood. Around 7:15 a.m., the 43-year-old climber attempting to summit tripped in an extremely steep area, known as Old ...
Maltese mountaineer and rock climber Rita Saliba has successfully reached the summit of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, ...
A 45-year-old mountain climber died after falling roughly 2,000 feet off Mt. Shasta, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office reported. Matias Augusto Travizano of San Francisco and Argentina was ...
SAIJO, Ehime – Straddling Saijo and Kumakogen in Ehime Prefecture, Mt. Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan, standing at 6,503 feet above sea level. As a rookie reporter who started this ...
Two climbers were trying to reach the top of a snowy mountain in Washington when they slipped and fell, rescuers said. Rescuers received a call at about 11:20 a.m. June 3 from the north face of Mount ...
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