A great day out in the hills normally involves a series of pointlessly gruelling ascents and descents (why am I doing this to ...

Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he ...

■Support for famous mountaineers By providing weather forecasts, Inokuma supports Hirotaka Takeuchi, who became the first Japanese mountaineer to conquer all fourteen 8,000+ meter peaks with a ...

An earth scientist explains the impact that ice loss can have on the stability of the surrounding mountain slopes and glacial lakes.

Located in Tanzania, Africa’s tallest mountain sits on the Kenyan border in East Africa, some 200 miles south of the Equator.

Thame is a beautiful Himalayan hamlet located to the farther southwest of Everest, right below the sacred Khumbi-Yuhla.

The Everest Base Camp trekking is a bucket-list adventure for many trekkers worldwide. While the trail itself offers ...

Among all trekking paths in Nepal the trail to Nar Phu Valley stands as an untouched mystical experience for those who ...

Our guide to the best mountaineering books of all time picks out 10 seminal works that have informed and inspired generations ...

A photographer, an airline pilot, a ship’s captain and others reveal where you’ll find the most spectacular, intriguing and ...

In an excerpt from his new book, Outside’s Sweat Science columnist digs into the emerging science of why we’re drawn to the ...

The clientele creates a mosaic of Washington life that few other establishments can match—Amazon programmers in casual ...