The sculpture dates back to the Hellenistic period between 323 B.C. and 31 B.C. Authorities in Greece are investigating after a 2,000-year-old marble statue was discovered wrapped in a trash bag ...

Moments before, in the middle of a manoeuvre last February at the Ice Climbing World Cup in Edmonton, the Canadian ice climber was holding an axe handle in his mouth when he fell. On the way down ...

RED ROCK (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said a climber is dead after falling from a climbing route in Red Rock. On Saturday, LVMPD said their Search and Rescue (SAR ...

The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding and growing waste concerns. Rules surrounding waste and clean-up programs ...

Nepal plans to increase the price of Everest climbing permits by about 36%, the first rise in almost a decade. Narayan Prasad Regmi, the director-general of Nepal's tourism department, told ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

His latest achievement adds to his impressive mountaineering record. The climber’s next goal is to summit the final peak in his Seven Summits expedition – Puncak Jaya in Papua New Guinea.

Guides and climbers echoed Murkowski’s sentiment—the importance of the name Denali lies in its connection to Alaska’s precolonial history, they said. “The name Denali reflects a local ...

Over his own labored breathing, panting and frustrated cursing, Dufton could hear the crackle in his ear of his wife and climbing partner, Molly Dufton, offering assurance and crucial guidance ...

The cost of Everest climbing permits will rise 36% percent beginning this fall, but that news surprised no one. It was announced well in advance. The real uncertainty surrounds a new regulation ...

Some expedition organisers said the increase, under discussion since last year, was unlikely to discourage climbers. About 300 permits are issued each year for Everest.