Jackson's story of overcoming adversity is told in the new documentary "The Mountain Within Me" Ben Pritchard Rugby player Ed Jackson became paralyzed after a devastating swimming pool accident in ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited controversy in the mountaineering world. To reach the highest point on Earth ...

Everyone in the mountain climbing community is intensely aware of the ominous danger of the mountain known as K2. Located in Pakistan, K2 is the second highest mountain in the world just after Mount ...

Harrowing tales of mountain climbing filled theaters this summer in such films as Meru and Everest. But exactly 100 years ago today, audiences took a different kind of climb when Richard Strauss ...

A Westminster author is hoping his new book will help others conquer the mountains – whether physical or mental – in their personal lives. Matt Landry said he wrote “One Mountain – One Hundred Summits ...

Wearing a full set of firefighting gear, the group tested their endurance in honor of the 343 firefighters, paramedics, and 72 law enforcement officers who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. They ...

Amputee soldiers summit Mt. Kilimanjaro to inspire themselves and others. — Feb. 27, 2014 -- For six wounded soldiers, scaling the tallest mountain in Africa wasn't just an adventure of a ...

“Vous êtes des criminels!” Octave Lapize is said to have shouted in the general direction of race organisers at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet. Lapize would go on to win the 1910 Tour de France, ...