For this Israeli cellist, music holds all the answers. Meet Amit Peled.
At The North Face Climbing Festival in London, I spoke with Stefano Ghisolfi, Fay Manners, Nathaniel Coleman, and others about their upcoming projects.
To Grammy-nominated violinist and activist Vijay Gupta, classical music was made for the streets.
Forget the 5.14 sufferfests. We asked elite athletes like Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, and Alex Megos to share the moderate lines they love.
Siebe Vanhee, Séan Villanueva O’Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer completed a first ascent two decades in the making. Now, Vanhee reveals the scariest moments and whether the 5,000-foot route was worth the risk.
On May 9, Konstantin Smirnov’s mountaineering guide abandoned him at 25,900 feet on the fifth-highest mountain on Earth. He's now taking the guide company to court.
Two Wyoming campers did everything right—keeping food out of their tents and using deterrents—but a black bear refused to back down.
Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly approved a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in the mine’s monitoring well.
The Indian government has definitively identified the mountain's most famous dead body. Now comes the dangerous, expensive reality of hacking him out of the ice.
An expert explains why the destroyed artwork is an irreplaceable piece of Grand Canyon history.
Facing severe staffing shortages and equipment issues, the National Park Service has quietly dismantled its underwater recovery team at Lake Mead.
For this Israeli cellist, music holds all the answers. Meet Amit Peled.
Gunung Leuser National Park is one of just two remaining habitats for the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and hosts many other rare and endangered species.
“New Heights” is the first video game to capture the physics of rock climbing. Every climber should give it a try.
The 73-year-old anti-whaling activist faces extradition to Japan, where he could be slapped with up to 15 years in prison for interfering with their illegal whaling industry.
The IFSC has disqualified all American climbers scheduled to compete in Briançon after a representative failed to confirm their attendance.
Local authorities have since arrested Raineri's tour operator, charging him with "an unlawful act [causing] the death of another person."
The June 30 landslides hit the alpine valley of Bavona—home to many top-shelf boulder problems—leaving seven individuals dead and five more missing.
“Should I prioritize saving my life, or should I prioritize climbing? When I thought about it, I became convinced climbing was an essential part of my life.”
From historically dingy to gleaming and tall, these 13 artificial climbing paradises rival many "real" climbing destinations.
After spending her infant years ascending New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks in a carrier, Lydia Pearson recently accomplished the challenge on her own two feet—summiting all 48 of them
Hà Giang is the northernmost of Vietnam’s 58 provinces. It is a rural, heavily mountainous region along the border with Yunnan, China, famous for a multi-day motorcycle loop route.
The Belgian shared her experience on recent project La Planta de Shiva (5.15b) and what it’s like to be one of only four women to send the grade.
White just unveiled a new halfpipe series for pro snowboarders and freeskiers. Lucas Foster, an American Olympian, thinks the Snow League could give athletes more earning potential.
A group of activists, “Climbers with Palestine,” unfurled the 25-foot banner from El Cap Tower on Monday.
Hoàng Liên National Park is a national park in northwest Vietnam. Hoàng Liên is home to the 3,143-meter Phan Xi Păng (Fansipan), the tallest mountain in Vietnam and the highest in all of Indochina.
Ernest Shackleton died aboard "Quest" in 1922. It's wreck was just discovered off the coast of Canada.
Last week a trio of climbers from Malaysia became stranded on Denali in Alaska. Guides and rescuers recount how they spent multiple days trying to save them.
A 20-person hiking party was trapped by storms in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nearly half died of exposure.
Photos and videos of the destroyed roadway flooded social media after it gave way on June 7. Officials have not given a timeline for opening the highway.
A few of the best skin care solutions on the market for sweaty palms, splits, bulbous calluses, and other skin woes.