That carefree motto–“I thought I would give it a shot”–has served Hyman well in his 21 years of life. His knack for adventure ...

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela introduces Extreme: Peak Danger. A mountain of trouble. In August 2008, around 30 climbers took on ...

We examine the mountaineering career of the Duke of Abruzzi, who was born on this day in 1873. The energetic royal was ...

Ger died on K2, on August 2, 2008 ... But, Damien said, these books concentrated soley on events on the mountain. On Friday, August 1, 2008, Gerard made history by becoming the first Irishman ...

“I have to go on climbing, not the least to accept Kei’s death ... of conquering K2 by a new route, Hiraide said he felt overwhelmed by the compelling power of the mountain when he went ...

Two men are facing felony charges for theft of AEP property in Fayette County.

In August the De Filippi glacier, located at the foot of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, brought to the surface the body of Renato Casarotto. Born in 1948, Casarotto was one of the ...

the Catalan expedition and the first repeat of the magic line on K2, Himalaya. They too were there at Base ... 500m from base Camp where the remains of those who fell and died on the Great Mountain ...

A 29-year-old man from Ireland died on Wednesday from injuries sustained the previous day in a fall at the Bansko mountain ...

Tragedy on Grossglockner Tragedy unfolded in Austria on the mountain Grossglockner last weekend. A 33-year old woman froze to ...

Last weekend, a climb ended in tragedy on 3,798m Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. We examine what went wrong.