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 ...

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

“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 ...

They were still days away from the base camp of K2, the second highest ... the area surrounding the mountain. One night, a horse lost its footing and plunged to its death. One of the experienced ...

This week, alpinist Anatoli Boukreev would have turned 67. One of the best alpinists of the 20th century, Boukreev made hundreds of bold ascents.

"What are those?"! A Mammoth Mountain liftie hopped on the chair with me during his break, heading up Chair 21 on a bluebird Saturday in December as I ...

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 ...

That includes K2, the world’s second-tallest mountain but No.1 in terms of difficulty and danger ... While 2024 saw a surge in mountaineering expeditions in GB, nine mountaineers died last year in ...