Mountain Climbing

Climbing Mount Everest is one of the hardest athletic feats a person can do. But new research out this week suggests…

Four years after enduring an accident that nearly left him paralyzed, Australian mountaineer Steve Plain is now the…

Scaling a sheer cliff face like climber Liu Yongbang does in China takes incredible strength, unparalleled…

In light of a deadly incident last year at Mount Everest, Nepalese guides have charted a modified route to reduce…

Cory Richards, a NatGeo photographer and The North Face team climber, was the first American to summit an…

So like... Uhh... Yeah... Oh my... this is just the van ride up to the Himalayas. As in, this scariness is only the…

Face it, you're no mountaineer. Unless you are, in which case congrats. But for the rest of us, there'll be no…

Mountain climber Mark Roberts was climbing Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, last month when a piece of ice…

Mountain climbing can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. It can be dangerous if you do know what…

You know that scene in movies where a character has a sudden realization and their coffee cup dramatically slips…

If you're a photographer who covers extreme athletes like mountain climbers and wants to capture a moment from a…

The Everest climb is a notoriously nasty expedition. Here's an inside look at some of the gear used to climb that…

The great challenge for any climber is to conquer each continent's tallest mountain. But tomorrow's climbers can…

A Japanese company named Ymup is set to unveil what is being touted as the world's first oxygen generating backpack.…