British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was ...

The four British former special forces soldiers left the United Kingdom on May 16. By 7:10 a.m. on May 21, they were standing at the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak ...

The cascading tower of water that is Vernal Falls is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the incredible Yosemite National ...

Endurance athlete and elite mountaineer, Tyler Andrews, 35, arrived at the Mount Everest Base Camp months ago with a singular goal – breaking the speed record t ...

Yosemite National Park in California is host to an array of beautiful treks, including this trail that has unbelievable views ...

From its origins in competitive climbing in Russia over 50 years ago, speed climbing is now an indoor rock climbing discipline that sees two climbers sprint, jump and Hail Mary for the top as they ...

On the opposite end of the time spectrum, in June 2018, Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set the speed record in Yosemite's Nose route at 1h 58m. A sub-two-hour climb of the Nose was once considered ...

Watch Alex Honnold’s journey toward his rope-free climb of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan ... breaking their own speed record in the process. “Alex was on fire,” said Caldwell.

One man, Anton Tselykh, 38, from Seattle, will live to tell the tale of an apparent anchor failure that sent him and his climbing group plunging 200 feet down the North Early Winters Spire area of ...

The Everest climbing season officially began on Friday after a team of rope-fixing climbers reached the summit of the world’s highest peak, paving the way for other climbers earlier than usual. A team ...

Swiss watchmaker Titoni has unveiled the Seascoper 300 Ice Blue DLC Limited Edition to mark a new national speed climbing record set by Nicolas Hojac. On April 5, Hojac scaled the north faces of the ...