In 2000, a year before the September 11 attacks, American climbers Tommy Caldwell, Beth Rodden, Jason Singer, and John Dickey were kidnapped at gunpoint by Islamic militants while climbing Kyrgyzstan...
Last summer, the headless corpse of Reinhold Messner's brother Günther emerged out of the snowmelt on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat. After 35 years of nasty arguments and accusations, would the discovery...
In the red-rock high ground of South Africa, climbing still comes down to black and white. Greg Child goes on belay to explore the crags, boulder gardens, and post-Apartheid complications of the...
It's climbing season again on Everest. And as hundreds of summit hopefuls converge at Base Camp, the great debate persists: Has the Big E become the Big Easy? Alpinists Greg Child and Dave Hahn take...
Three years after a notorious kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, new evidence and big changes emerge from Central Asia
Thirty years after losing his brother on a Himalayan peak, Reinhold Messner battles ugly accusations that he abandoned him at the top.
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan
In August 2000, four of America's best young climbers were kidnapped at gunpoint in southeastern Kyrgyzstan