Mount Everest is 29,032 feet tall, and every year, hundreds attempt to climb it. Its fatality rate is 1%. Here are five ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic ...

Last year, former AEW TNT Champion Darby Allin was set to climb Mount Everest. But unfortunately, he got injured about a month before climbing the mountain. Now, in April, Allin is going to attempt to ...

Join us on an exhilarating adventure as we take on the Winter Mountain Climbing Challenge! Watch as our daring climber, ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...

Natalia Nagovitsyna became stranded on Aug. 12 after breaking her leg on a 24,406-foot mountain in Kyrgyzstan Getty Rescue efforts haven't been able to save 47-year-old climber Natalia Nagovitsyna ...