American mountaineer Shelley Johannesen, 53, had just stood on the summit of the world's fifth-highest peak. On the descent, ...

Last month Bruce Miller, of Boulder, fulfilled a childhood dream by climbing the tallest alpine wall in the Alps: the fearsome north face of The Eiger (13,015 feet), in Switzerland.

Just 122 km from Mumbai, an Adivasi village climbs mountains every day for a single pot of water. Dapurmal, perched above the ...

The guide who led a group of tourists to Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island in Indonesia’s North Maluku Province has told how ...

The Diocese of Las Cruces is opposing the Trump administration’s bid to seize land at Mount Cristo Rey for a border wall ...

The 4,675 foot peak, capped by a 29-foot limestone statue of Jesus Christ, has been a place of prayer for close to a century.

For the first time, one nonprofit is hosting a community race with an adaptive category for people with disabilities to ...

A mountain summit in Kent, Connecticut offers 360-degree views that rival anything in New England, yet somehow remains off ...

The Norman Wilder Forest Red Trail in Tryon, North Carolina offers the kind of natural beauty that usually comes with much ...

The 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” caused a big spike in tourism to Devils Tower, the mysterious landmark ...