Jarred Jackman fractured three vertebrae in a fall after his rope mysteriously unclipped from his protection. A helmet (shattered) and a seven-hour rescue operation kept him alive.

You know that feeling when you discover a place so packed with adventure that you wonder if someone accidentally crammed an entire national park into a town of fewer than 1,000 people? That’s Ouray, ...

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Connor Herson sent 'Drifter's Escape' in Squamish last summer. Now, he's finally sharing the details of what he calls a "perfect" route.

In front of a live audience, rock climber Alex Honnold completed the first-ever ropeless ascent of Taipei 101, Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper. One wrong move would have almost certainly resulted in grave ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Towering high above Taiwan’s capital city at 1,667 feet, Taipei 101 dominates the skyline. The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of ...

An intrepid climber died after he fell hundreds of feet off the side of a famed peak in Colorado on New Year’s Eve — leaving his partner trapped on the edge. The man was scaling Citadel Peak, a 13,300 ...

Mount Everest, in the Nepalese Himalayas, is a byword for overtourism—and the government is looking to attract more people to other mountain peaks. The Nepalese government is waiving fees for anyone ...

Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak, and two others from the same group were rescued, authorities said. One of the two people killed in a fall was from the United ...

Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring hidden Himalayan summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the ...