America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest peaks in the world ...

Allegations of fraud and poisoning in Himalayan tourism have already had an impact on the Mount Everest guiding industry in ...

A Concord native is seeking to become the fastest person to climb Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen.

These cafés around the Klang Valley make it easier. With play areas built in, your kids can explore, climb, and pretend, ...

To the climbing partner and father of that young man, not watching the video clip of the moment when gravity finally had its ...

Jim Whittaker, the famous Washington mountaineer who was the first American to summit Mount Everest and later became the CEO ...

The only worry when Rory McIlroy won the Masters was that his yearning was sated, that he would struggle to find a fresh ...

Jim Whittaker became a national celebrity after his 1963 climb and received the Hubbard Medal from President Kennedy.

Burke has spent decades researching cancer. Now facing a stage IV diagnosis, she’s heading to Mount Everest to study her ...

As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when ...

Nearly three dozen people are facing criminal charges for their roles in a sprawling $20 million insurance scam that targeted ...

The Lincoln Park Zoo announced Thursday that it is now home to two takin brothers.