New insights from the courtroom and European alpinists shed light on how the Grossglockner case splits responsibility among a group of climbers.
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New insights from the courtroom and European alpinists shed light on how the Grossglockner case splits responsibility among a group of climbers.
The infamous Grossglockner case went to trial on February 19, and the defendant was found guilty.
How a local pioneer went from bedridden to freeing the scariest line in West Virginia's Coopers Rock State Forest—using a very unusual system.
Thomas Hostetler, 30, fell to his death from the Devil’s Kitchen Headwall on January 25.
“Whatever he wanted to do, he pursued it,” his mother said. “He wasn’t someone who would say, ‘I don't know how to do that.’ He would figure it out."
How a split-second decision to try to save one climber may have cost the life of another.
A Climber We Lost: Quentin Lombard passed away on September 18
A Climber We Lost: Benjamin Guigonnet passed away on September 18
A 36-year-old Austrian climber could be jailed for up to three years after leaving his girlfriend to die on the nation's highest peak.
Friends and family mourn the loss of Kellam Conover and Thomas Vialletet, who fell last week on New Zealand's highest (and deadliest) mountain.
An outfitter says Global Rescue is at fault for a recent death on a Himalayan peak. We asked experts to weigh in on the murky, high stakes world of alpine evacuation.
Irish alpinist George Ponsonby shares the inside scoop on his and James Price’s new 3,000-meter route in remote Pakistan.
First ascensionist Adam Ondra and others share their thoughts on whether the Slovenian climber has made the first female 5.14d/9a flash or not.
Benjamin Védrines says his first ascent of Jannu East (24,501ft) with Nicolas Jean is more meaningful than any in his career.
After climbing the 8,163-meter Manaslu, Soria shares his advice on training, seeking summits, and accepting change.