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French mountaineers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal achieved what no climber had done before: summit an 8,000m peak.

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Lewisburg was named “America’s Coolest Small Town” by Budget Travel, and your Social Security dollars will show you why! Parkersburg offers the perfect mix of small-city amenities and affordable ...

Summer came in with a rush. On June 1 the thermometer took an upward leap, bringing prostrations and in four or five cases, death, in the cities, and in the country, more or less discomfort. A week ...

Once reserved for mountain towns, iron-rung climbing courses called via ferratas are showing up in places like Columbus, Ohio. Here’s where else to try one.

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

Once reserved for mountain towns, iron-rung climbing courses called via ferratas are showing up in places like Columbus, Ohio ...

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region collapsed, sending tons of rock, ice, and scree hurtling down the ...

With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you ...

Swiss authorities are monitoring flood risks after a massive glacier collapse in Wallis destroyed a village and created a ...

Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado ...