Arjun awardee and celebrated mountaineer Rita Gombu (Marwah), the first Indian woman who reached just below the 200 ft of Mount Everest in 1984, died in New Delhi in Thursday (June 12).

A dramatic rescue operation to save an eight-week-old baby raccoon trapped in a tree nearly ended in disaster in Austin, ...

The Summit of Sajama stands 21,462 feet high, and few can say they’ve reached the top. However, this is far from Masheter’s ...

Scottish priest scales Everest to keep a Christmas vow — and plants a seed for Nepal’s first high-altitude parish.

MONA MEHTA writes of her learning experience during a visit to the centuryold Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk Shiv Shiv Shiv Shiv the gentleman behind me was chanting eyes closed the mantra was ...

The eruption of Mount St. Helens was one of the most impactful in history. But there are people who have lived alongside the volcano for millennia.

Travelling on a river makes one acutely aware of the ceaseless flow of time, evoking metaphors of continuity and change but ...

One local family is grateful to welcome their daughter back home after her mountain climbing achievement. Two weeks ago, Katelyn Sims was scaling Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Sims ...

Mountaineering rangers in Alaska have recovered the body of a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000 feet from a climbing route on Mount McKinley.

The terrain rises sharply. The trails scramble over steep rocks. Be prepared when climbing to Maine's highest point, experts ...

Most routes are from the Nepal side, so it is unlikely that the measure will succeed. But it does highlight the cultural ...