A former Gurkha who became the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest is closing in on a mammoth challenge to ...

A helicopter on Tuesday lifted the cross from the 2,962-meter (9,718-foot) peak of the Zugspitze — a mountain shared between ...

Visitors to Germany's highest peak will have to do without the landmark gilded cross at its summit for the next few weeks.

The current cross was made by her father, Franz Würzinger, in 1993, replacing the original from 1851, which was damaged ...

Alex Pancoe, who famously climbed the highest peaks on seven continents and raised thousands for charity, has died during a climb in the Himalayas. According to family members, Pancoe, 39, was ...

The height of Mongolia’s highest mountain has been re-measured using high-precision GNSS instruments, reports The Star. The update was conducted by the Mongolia’s General Authority for land ...

It's a direct threat to us. Researchers make disturbing discovery after sampling soil from highest peak in the nation: ...

ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (WATE) — He now resides in Rockwood, Tennessee, but Jim Meritt has hiked all over the world. Now 65, it’s been a lifelong journey for Merritt to blaze a trail to the top of the highest ...

A 63-year-old French climber has died trying to scale the world's third-highest mountain, Kanchenjunga, the expedition's organizer said on Monday, while British media reported a U.K. climber on the ...