The early history of mountaineering in Europe is in no small part one of British adventurism, which is surprising. Ben Nevis, at 1,345 metres, is Britain’s highest peak. That is less than half as high ...

When the weather plays ball, the United Kingdom’s varied landscapes are home to a veritable rock climbing playground. From ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korea's Seoul National University is offering up to $540 in scholarship money to students who climb at least six mountains ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

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 ...

Though neither the steepest nor the longest climb in any Tour de France, the Alpe d'Huez is, by some distance, the most famous of the many mountains that have featured in the race over the years. From ...