Mountain Climbing
Jon Krakauer on his Everest climb: 'I wish I'd never gone'
Join Bolivia's remarkable cholitas climbing Andean glacial peaks
How a physician’s DIY device got Americans to the top of Everest
What to know about Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Making the perfect photograph at 10,000 feet
What is 'skimo'? It's the coolest new Winter Olympics sport
A record-setting climber dishes on his most challenging hike
A harrowing tale of the first Americans to summit Everest
Why rock climbing is the ultimate workout for your body and mind
What it's like to climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro
The first woman to climb Mount Fuji did it in secret
Watch the first-ever ski down Everest's hardest route
American becomes the first to ski down Everest’s hardest route
These underexplored trails lie in the shadow of K2
Have we been measuring mountains all wrong?
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