In Yosemite National Park, granite walls rise straight from the valley floor. El Capitan is the park’s most legendary cliff — about 3,000 feet of vertical stone that draws climbers from around the ...

In Yosemite National Park, most park staff are furloughed, but that is not stopping climbers from taking on big climbs. One man holds world records for climbing Yosemite's El Capitan, on why he is not ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — It’s one of the University of Montana’s most talked about traditions, a pumpkin perched high atop Main Hall each Homecoming. But even after 30 years, one question remains- Who puts ...

A little over a week since the Oct. 1 shutdown of the federal government, videos and photos have surfaced on social media showing visitors to Yosemite National Park engaging in dangerous and illegal ...

For more than six decades, Pete Cleveland was a fixture of rock climbing in the Midwest. He was most renowned for his solo ascent of a treacherous 6,270-foot peak in South Dakota called Superpin ...

This is the incredible moment a climber in Cape Town, South Africa was able to nail a physics-defying jump while climbing a rock on September 12. The technique is called a 'dyno', or 'dynamic movement ...

An 84-year-old climber died at Devil's Lake State Park Oct. 5, authorities say. Mark Willer, assistant chief of the Baraboo Fire and EMS District, said the agency was called shortly after 11:30 a.m.

Even in his 80s, Pete Cleveland, a fixture of rock climbing in the Midwest, went climbing every week and trekked for at least a mile a day, his son said. By Jin Yu Young For more than six decades, ...

A climber has died near Mount Everest after getting caught in a powerful snowstorm, as hundreds of hikers remain trapped on the world’s highest peak in extreme conditions. The climber, a South Korean ...

A South Korean climber has died in Nepal after getting caught in a powerful storm while attempting to summit a Himalayan peak just south of Mount Everest. Meanwhile, hundreds of hikers have begun ...

Rescuers rushed to reach the stranded climber on Mount Whitney, a California nonprofit said. Photo from Ross Stone via Unsplash CORRECTION: A previous version of this article previously misstated the ...