No ski manufacturer wanted anything to do with Fritz Barthel's minimalistic toe-pin binding system when he first invented it.

On Oct. 9, Nima reached the top of the 8,027-meter (26,335-foot) Shishapangma along with his partner, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa.

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Flores’ son was allegedly injured by a fall off the arcade rock wall during ... no staff present during the climbing, and no or inadequate signage about the dangerous condition.

Success on New Route on Ama DaBlam Ukrainian climbers Mykyta Balabanov and Mykhailo Fomin enjoyed victory and solace in the Himalayas, as war continues to disru ...

At approximately 340 million years old, the Susquehanna River is older than the Nile, the Thames and the Amazon rivers, ...

The gleaming speckled bar is only the size of a chocolate block, but it weighs more than a brick and is worth almost $400,000 ...

The historic Zittel hut on top of a snow-capped mountain high in the Austrian Alps has weathered many a storm.

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