When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually crowded with giants. Nearly all of them are clustered in the Himalayas and ...

K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

Keep your fingers crossed, writes Andrzej Bargiel in a short post on Instagram. No further words are needed, since his expedition's name, Everest Ski Challenge, says it all. The Polish skier is ...

Chasing Shadows,’ French alpinist Benjamin Vedrines shares his emotions high on the flanks of the world’s second-tallest peak ...

Naperville’s Lucy Westlake is on a mission to break another mountain climbing record this summer — and maybe change the world as well. The 19-year-old said in an email this week that she plans to ...

Everest Base Camp, Khumjung, Nepal / Photo by Michael Clarke on Unsplash Every four years, the world comes together to showcase and highlight the best athletes in the world at the Olympics. But every ...

Throughout history, high-altitude climbing was the realm of Sherpa legends, alpinists, and mountaineers. But a recent trend has brought a new group of extreme adventure seekers to the world's most ...

Kim Logan is a climber and mountaineer who has summited some of the tallest and most difficult peaks in the world including ...

Eleven people are feared dead on K2, the world's second-highest mountain. Two Dutch climbers have been rescued by helicopter, while an Italian awaits evacuation. Professional mountaineer Ed Viesturs, ...