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In 1965, mountaineer Jim Whittaker guided Senator Bobby Kennedy up his father’s namesake mountain, Mt. Kennedy.
The Australian director of 'Sherpa' takes another look at high-altitude pursuits in the new documentary 'Mountain'
It's called accidentology. Yes, that's a real word.
Dozens of climbers were forced to turn back just shy of the summit after their oxygen regulators failed suddenly
After four previous attempts, the 70-year-old Chinese climber finally stood on the summit on Monday
While overcrowding plagues America's most popular trails, there are still places to find solitude
Ulyana Nadia Horodskyj is an ice scientist who's done research high on Everest—and after working with NASA, she's aiming even higher.
The Sherpa community rallied around Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas after their illegal ski descent of Lhotse
As South African Sibusiso Vilane awaits a window to summit Mount Everest for the third time—this attempt without oxygen—he wants the world to know something: We need more black mountaineers
Boyan Petrov was last seen near Camp 3 on Shishapangma nearly a week ago
Ngima Sherpa and Dendi Sherpa were hit by flying ice when a serac collapsed as they navigated the infamous route up Mount Everest. Theirs are the first major injuries of the season.
We're calling it: these athletes will dominate the headlines for the next two months
The world's highest peak will again be the focus of the climbing world
When two climbers were stranded near the summit of Nanga Parbat last winter, they sent out a desperate call on their satellite device. A hundred miles away, a Polish team of extraordinary climbers answered the call, prompting one of the most daring rescues in mountaineering history.
Mount Everest is increasingly defined by budget guiding companies—and more crowding than ever
From filmmaker Elia Saikaly, Everest - A Timelapse Film II is a collection of images he took while at Everest during milky way season.
Women who work as guides and professional athletes face a tougher go than their male counterparts if they also want to raise children
Sherpa women aren’t encouraged to climb mountains. But that wasn't going to stop Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, who grew up in a Himalayan village with no electricity or running water but knew that she would one day summit Mount Everest. At 21, she stood on top of the world and then started a new quest: to become the first woman from her country to earn mountaineering's most elite title—an IFMGA.
Mountain, from director Jennifer Peedom, analyzes the relationship between humans and mountains.
One man's quest to ski the equivalent of sea level to the summit of Everest and back. Twice. In 24 hours. On a single ski run.
And global warming could bring more of it to the surface
The latest book by David Roberts is a personal narrative on mortality and relationships and a polemic on the history and future of adventure
Alaska State Troopers called off a six-day search after finding the climbers' ropes on the Mendenhall Tower
This month, Red Bull sponsored a team of the world's best mountaineers to ski across the Alps in less than 41 days
The climber's posthumously published autobiography gives an intimate look at a mountain legend and takes on new meaning after his death
She was a pioneer for women in the industry
High-altitude alpinist Masha Gordon says it's time women claimed more peaks, and she has a plan to make it happen
The indie French brand reissues its classic aviator-shaped mountaineering glasses
Generations of mountaineers stopped at the small home in Pangboche for an audience with the humble, loving Buddhist
Generations of climbers, journalists, and scholars relied on her reporting from the foot of the world's 8,000-meter peaks
A new study says yes, and scientists are trying to find out why
During 40 years of adventure, hard-charging writer and climber Mark Jenkins has asked a lot of his wife and kids. After his fourth attempt on a dicey Chinese peak, he examines the risks and rewards of a risk-defying career.
Alex Txikon attempts an off-season climb of the world's highest peak
A close look at the food and tech that has allowed humankind to climb higher, faster
Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you wouldn’t.
After years of controversy, Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled that Pemba Dorje Sherpa's climb was unverifiable, returning the record to its previous holder
The Himalayan Database has long been considered the place to find stats about climbs on the region's big peaks. Now, for the first time, that data will be free to the public.
Sure, Joe Grant may be known as "the runner guy", but to the folks who know him best, there's something far deeper motivating him than just running.
The accomplished alpinist Lydia Bradey looks back at her life, 31 years after making the decision to get sterilized
The well-known mountain guide breaks down his 10 essentials
A few months before Junko Tabei died, she looked back on her summit of Everest, and what drove her to keep climbing
A team of some of the top mountaineers attempt the first ski descent of the world's fifth-highest peak.
Gleich, a professional ski mountaineer, spends a lot of time on the road. Here's the gear she always brings along.
Everything you need to scramble up your local alpine summit
No one knew if it could be done. But when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climbed Mount Everest without oxygen in 1978, they smashed one of the last barriers of human performance. Almost 40 years later, both legends talk about their first ascent by “fair means”—and the long-running feud that followed.
There were many stories that were more fun to cook up and publish, but nothing quite compares with the force and moral clarity of Jon Krakauer’s account of the 1996 tragedies on Mount Everest
Seven hikers have died on 14ers since May, an unusual string of fatalities that has Aspen officials wondering what measures they're obligated to put in place to keep people safe in the mountains
A driven, patient, and injured Vanessa O’Brien becomes the oldest woman—and first American one—to summit the Savage Mountain
Andrew “Bob” Harris recently became the first person with Down syndrome to climb the Grand Teton
The Ptarmigan Traverse in Washington State’s North Cascades has had the word “classic” pinned to it nearly from the time it was pioneered in 1938. You don’t get much more high-n-wild in the Lower 48 than on this 35-mile-plus mountaineering trip, which starts in North Cascades National Park and immediately dives south into the Glacier Peak Wilderness.
The story of how a confectionary mishap helped Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the world's most famous summit
And the very important lessons we can learn from them
The teenage phenom on reaching the summit and knowing when to give up
When professional mountaineers design adventure apparel, good things follow
Patrick Sweeney is on a mission, to ride the seven summits on a bicycle.
On June 14 at 3 a.m., Katie Bono crawled into basecamp on Alaska’s Mount Denali, frostbitten and exhausted. Bono had left the same camp, located at 7,200 feet, at 6 a.m. the previous morning, summited the 20,310-foot peak (North America’s highest) in minus 40 degree temperatures at 8:46 p.m., then headed back down.
Josh Jespersen took down Colorado’s 14ers in record time—on a splitboard
Ascending Everest may be easier now that one of the most difficult features en route to the summit has crumbled, veteran mountaineers say.
He made it from advanced base camp to the summit in 17 hours
The longtime guide with Alpine Ascents summited for the 21st time on May 27, tying Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi for the most summits on the world's highest mountain
The most expensive, complex, and risky recover mission in the mountain's history is about to get underway—and that's a mistake
Mountaineers and Nepalese officials can’t seem to agree about whether the Hillary Step—a forbidding obstacle on the final leg to the summit—still exists
The world’s tallest mountain has claimed 6 lives this season
The 29-year-old Spaniard continues breaking speed records on the world’s highest mountains
Here's the kit one of the country's most ambitious FKT chasers uses when he heads out into the backcountry
The godfather of alpinism shares his thoughts on his fallen comrade, taking risks on mountains, and how his perspective has changed with age
The famed climber, who was known for his speed ascents, fell on Sunday, April 30, while preparing for a new route on Everest
In 1978, a historic expedition put the first women—and first Americans, period—on the summit of Annapurna, the world’s tenth-highest peak. Despite their triumph, the deaths of two climbers stirred controversy. In an oral history weaving together the perspectives of key team members, Sherpa high-altitude staff, admirers, and critics, Katie Ives discovers that debate still lingers—as does the expedition’s power to inspire.
t the cover shoot for the May issue of Outside, we asked 10 of the most influential women in the outdoor world a handful of questions about life, success, and happiness.
The spring Everest season is shaping up to be an exciting one: Ueli Steck is returning to complete an epic traverse; Kilian Jornet wants a speed record; and the mountain will be packed with climbers who didn't get to attempt the summit in 2014 and 2015.
The performance head scarf will be worn by Muslim athletes around the world, but it's also an essential piece of gear for one mountaineer
Myles Osborne was poised to summit Mount Everest when a flapping of fabric caught his eye. He thought it was a tent—then it spoke.
You don't have to be a seasoned mountaineer to bag any of these peaks, especially if you hire the right guide