Climbing Season Underway in the Himalayas Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest pea ...

Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest. The expedition will utilize a controversial ...

An unsupported attempt on Makalu and an 83-year-old on I are two of the more unusual Himalayan expeditions this spring.

Our guide to the best mountaineering books of all time picks out 10 seminal works that have informed and inspired generations ...

Was it possible to climb a 20,000-foot peak in the Himalayas with little mountaineering experience? Though trepidatious, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to trek with a local climbing prodigy.

The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot ...

Memorials and the Himalayas / John Waechter The history of climbing this giant traces back to the early 20th century. Sir George Mallory, remembered for his daring expeditions in the 1920s ...