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 ...

Mount Elbrus has two main routes: the South Route and the North Route. The South Route is more popular as it has better ...

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 ...

A British mountain guide scaled Mount Everest on Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool, 51, from ...

Legendary mountaineer Sanu Sherpa among 18 climbers today scaled the world's highest peak as more climbers attempting to reach the Everest summit this spring season. According to Lakpa Sherpa, ...

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 ...