The man and his climbing partner were on the Chockstone climbing route, a 165-foot-tall, nearly 90-degree rock face at the ...

Thousands of adrenaline junkies are flocking to California's Yosemite National Park, as the government shutdown leaves ...

From rafting in the Grand Canyon to hiking glacier-carved trails in Montana, America’s national parks offer unforgettable ...

The ski run starts atop Everest, some 29,000 feet above sea level and in the death zone, where people can’t survive for long.

A rock climber was rescued from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park last week after falling and suffering serious injuries, ...

Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount ...

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

Two 8-year-olds have ascended Yosemite's El Capitan in recent years in trips arranged by their father, who has a larger goal ...

The Colorado Springs climbing family is at it again. This week Sylvan Evermore is ascending El Capitan, the famous ...

Emboldened by the lapse in government funding and employee furloughs, some visitors are brazenly betting that they won’t get caught for breaking the law.

In Yosemite National Park, most park staff are furloughed, but that is not stopping climbers from taking on big climbs. One man holds world records for climbing Yosemite's El Capitan, on why he is not ...

The climbing world is mourning one of its brightest young talents after Balin Miller, the 23-year-old American alpinist who stunned veterans with his audacious solo climbs, fell to his death from ...