Our mountaineering expert takes a look at summit fever, the sometimes-fatal mindset that occurs when desire overrides ...

The Explorer’s Grand Slam pushes participants to summit the tallest peaks on all seven continents and ski to both the North ...

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you ...

The Singaporean, who summited Mount Everest thrice, has also climbed mountains in over 30 countries and territories. Read ...

After hitting the milestone of climbing 300 peaks when he summited Taiwan’s Mount Yangtou in mid-September, Singaporean ...

These peaks are some of the tallest in the world, excluding those in the Himalayas, and offer breathtaking views and ...

Alumni Scott Lehmann, ’12 & G-’15, and Shayna Unger, ’14 & G-’17, reached the top of Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak ...

A 15-member team, led by Colonel Ranveer Singh Jamwal, has decided to name the summit "Tsangyang Gyatso Peak" after the Dalai Lama. China has expressed displeasure after Indian mountaineers named ...

Eva Steinwald was still conquering her fear of heights. In the last two years, she has summited the tallest mountains in North and South America.

Daveynin via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 A 6,643-foot peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been renamed “Kuwohi,” which means “mulberry place” in the Cherokee language. The Cherokee ...

Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, went hiking on Saturday at Devils Peak at Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town before her body was found on Sunday. Western Cape police spokesperson ...