An 84-year-old climber attempting to become the oldest person to summit all the world's highest peaks was rescued Thursday from a mountain in Nepal where he was injured.
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A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world's highest peak. The expedition's organizer said Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit on Sunday morning along with a Hungarian climber. The season's first wave of climbers reached the summit this weekend as Sherpa guides fixed ropes and made paths for them. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.
Deputies in Utah are praising the "brave, courageous" actions of an ice climber they said died after pushing another climber out of the way of falling ice.
Lincoln residents 68-year-old Anne Koehler, 12-year-old Nolan Palmer and 40-year-old mother Lindsey Palmer climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro last month.
Alex Honnold's newfound celebrity has drawn critics who say he romanticizes high-risk climbs and sends a dangerous message to others.
Kyle Walker filmed his own fall of an estimated 50 to 60 feet from a Colorado rock formation. Warning: The video could be considered graphic by some.
The bodies of three climbers, including Jess Roskelley, the son of alpine great John Roskelley, were recovered from an avalanche field in Canada.
More than 100 items such as tools, documents, photographs and garments will be on display in the High Desert Museum's exhibit "Ascent: Climbing Explored," showing April 28 through Sept. 9.
Making the transition from indoor climbing to outdoor climbing can be an incredibly rewarding experience. But it has to be taken seriously.