An experienced Austrian mountaineer named Lukas Furtenbach has shortened Everest trips to weeks with “flash” expeditions that used hypoxic tents. He approached the four men with the idea of cutting ...

Thirty-eight-year-old Anton Tselykh is hospitalized in satisfactory condition. He is the lone survivor of a climbing tragedy ...

Four rock climbers fell several hundred feet while descending granite spires in Washington, leaving only one survivor who hiked out and told a 911 dispatcher that his companions were dead and he could ...

The party of 4 is said to have attached their ropes to a piton left in the rock by other climbers, which may have torn free ...

The top of the world. Mt. Everest has become a bucket list climb for many people—trained mountaineer or not. But it will forever be the 1953 expedition led by Jon Hunt that sits atop the pinnacle of ...

£28. 4. Sherpa Adventure Gear Kalpana Tight The four-way stretch fabric and moisture-wicking nylon-spandex blend make this the perfect choice of tights for mountain adventures. Offering ...

The Co Armagh man who passed away while climbing Donegal 's highest mountain at the weekend was 48-years-old. According to reports the father-of-three had been hiking with friends up Errigal ...

Carl Henderson (48) and from the Moira area, is understood to have taken ill and collapsed on Saturday while climbing Co Donegal’s highest mountain. A rescue operation got underway shortly ...

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...

A ceremony has been held at a gateway to Japan's Northern Alps to mark the start of the climbing season. About 2,000 people gathered for the event in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday.

Nepal, which is heavily reliant on climbing, trekking and tourism for ... Overcrowding has been blamed for the high number of deaths on the mountain. At least 12 climbers died, and another five ...

Scottish Mountain Gear was originally established in 1983 solely as a tent repair service. Over the last 30 years they have successfully repaired tens of thousands of tents, rucksacks, sleeping bags ...