Mountaineering

Among the top achievements in climbing last year, this video from Mountain Hardwear reveals some details on Ueli Steck’s solo ascent of Annapurna’s South Face.

Seattle-based climber Chad Kellogg has a speed ascent of Mount Everest in his sights. He’s on the mountain now, with a planned summit on May…

It looked like a gag post. “Three foreigners thrashed at Everest base camp.” That’s the headline on a Himalayan Times story from this weekend.

Stepping into the mountaineering record books, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner last week became the first woman to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks without using…

In early August, the GearJunkie crew climbed the 13,528-foot Kings Peak in Utah’s remote Uinta Range. This trip report and gear wrap-up includes details on…

A pro mountain athlete who is also among the planet’s most prolific outdoor adventure photographers, Jimmy Chin exists in a rarefied world of mountain climbs…

Prayer flags, yaks, mountain climbers, and insanely tall peaks. It’s the start of the spring 2011 climbing season in the Himalayas. Gear Junkie offers a…

Alta Peak, an 11,204-foot pyramid of rock in California’s Sierra Nevada Range, served as a proving ground last month for me with several new pieces…