And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Alistair Carns, with three special forces veterans, hopes to travel from London to the summit of Everest and back within one week.

On the reading list this week is an omnibus edition of Frank S Smythe’s writing that offers a view of early Himalayan ...

A webcam at the summit of Wildcat Mountain caught the avalanche on film, as well as a snowboarder who escaped the slide. The footage, shared on social media by observatory officials, showed the ...