A mountaineer was charged after allegedly leaving his girlfriend near Austria’s highest peak, where she later froze to death.

Climbers trekking through a snowy slope heading to Mount Everest in the distance - Vixit/Shutterstock Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows ...

Kerstin Gurtner froze to death after she was left ‘exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented’ on Grossglockner mountain ...

A 102-year-old Japanese man has set a new record by becoming the oldest to summit Mount Fuji. Kokichi Akuzawa began his ascent on Aug. 5 along with his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter ...

The man was charged with grossly negligent manslaughter in connection with the incident A mountaineer has been charged for allegedly leaving his girlfriend alone on Austria's highest peak, where she ...

Argentina’s Aconcagua, while technically easy, is no pushover. Climbing at 22,841 ft. with no supplemental oxygen in temperatures below -30 F will get your attention.

Rhian Wilkinson didn’t tell anyone. The Wales Women’s manager just woke up and left with the sunrise, bound for the top of the country’s highest peak, Yr Wyddfa. Wilkinson knows this mountain (called ...

The woman froze to death on Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria. A 39-year-old Austrian man has been charged with ...

The world’s 14 highest mountains all rise from the Himalaya in Tibet and Nepal – the iconic 8,000-meter peaks, eight of which reside in Nepal. Now, Nepal’s Department of Tourism seeks to alter ...

The bodies of two climbers, including one from the U.S., have been recovered after the pair fell to their deaths from New Zealand's highest mountain during a summit attempt, police said on Wednesday.