Nelly Attar—the first Lebanese to summit the five highest mountains in the world—explains why taking risks isn’t part of the ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history with the first successful ascent in 1953. Since then, thousands have ...

Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

Climbing teams are progressing on Mt. Everest as the spring climbing season in the Himalayas takes shape. At 29,029 feet, the highest mountain in the world endures the relentless force of the Jet ...

Rock climbing was a niche culture in 1990, Stipksy said. That community was very closely knit, but it grew as the Millennial ...

The author and her partner recently ascended a 10,000-foot peak in the Cascades while dressed for a cocktail party ...

The initiative outlines how Monticello will work toward its goals of creating space for learning, history, and connection.