Paul "PJ" Ortiz Jr. was climbing Mount Whitney in the Eastern Sierra mountains when he fell from a cliff in an infamous area ...

Tragedy has struck late into the perilous K2 climbing season, after a Chinese climber was hit by falling rocks and killed while descending the world's second-tallest mountain. China's Jing Guan was ...

The two have been sent to the Teaching Hospital in the capital Kathmandu for a post-mortem. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Three people fell to their deaths Sunday while rock climbing in Washington state, likely because of an equipment failure, authorities said. A fourth climber in their group survived the ordeal. The ...

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — A rock climber who survived a long fall that killed his three companions hiked back to his car despite serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he could "hardly breathe ...

Astronaut John Herrington, who spent his boyhood in Colorado Springs, works to inspire Native youth to become more involved ...