It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary Sabatino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mendoza Province, Argentina — When you confront temperatures 40 degrees below ...

Michal Czech, Maciej Kimel, and Tomek Klimczak have done one of the hardest faces in the High Tatras, the Direttissima route ...

Author Lisa Ballard dives into why some people push outdoor skills to the limits and how chasing thrills can outweigh the risks.

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A brewing controversy over private cable car projects in Nepal’s hills has taken a new turn after the country’s planning ...

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Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

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