Dr Somat Chetariya, an Indian surgeon, has successfully completed the 'Seven Summits,' becoming the first Indian doctor to achieve this feat. The 'Seven Summits' refers to climbing the highest peak on ...

A squad of climbers, steeled by ascents in the Tetons, made a historic Himalayan climb in 1963, even after the mountain claimed one of their own.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Last month, four friends from Monroe County not only shared a mutual peak life experience, they were among the average 2,000 ...

The women who stood on top of Denali in July of 1970 and weathered the storms to return alive were not mythological heroes.

Health First oncologist Dr. Ashish Dalal found his views on fitness transformed by climbing Kilimanjaro and Everest.

The Seven Summits include—Everest (Asia), Denali (North America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Vinson Massif (Antarctica), Aconcagua ...

Four sisters from Rolwaling Valley successfully summited Carstensz Pyramid (4,884m), the highest peak in Oceania, this ...

In 1970, the first all-female team summited Denali. The new book "Thirty Below" by Cassidy Randall tells this forgotten story ...

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Mount Spurr is one of 53 volcanoes in Alaska that have been active within the last 250 years. It has two main vents. The last ...