Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction. Again and again, as my forearms trembled ...

When Marco Confortola claimed on July 21 from the summit of Gasherbrum I that he'd climbed all 14 of the 8,000m peaks without oxygen, the reaction was not applause. Instead, the best-known Italian ...

Aziz, an experienced Himalayan climber who has also scaled Everest, said he was struck by the beauty of Manaslu but alarmed by the crowding and delays near the true summit ridge, where only a single ...

Half Dome's cables have been around for more than a century. The cables are crude and dangerous — and have fascinated adventurous souls from the start. (Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times) Clinging for ...