In 1970, a team of six women climbed to the top of Denali — and, significantly, made it safely back down. This little-known expedition has finally been exceedingly well researched and told by author ...

You can exhale now: Alex Honnold successfully made it to the top of Taipei 101, in a live special on Netflix. “Sick!” he exclaimed at the top of the tower, after climbing the tower in one hour and 35 ...

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 journey. An illustration of Mount Fuji in the morning. Women were banned ...

Famed rock climber Alex Honnold masterfully ascended one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers without a rope. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

When asked why he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, famed British mountaineer George Mallory famously offered the simple reply, "Because it’s there.” After several hours playing through an exclusive, hands ...

The climb doesn’t reveal its difficulty all at once. It starts slowly, before sunrise, where the trail winds through thick forest and long stretches of volcanic rock. A few hours in, the temperature ...

Dangling from a tree for nearly seven hours, 11-year-old Prajesh Dhimant Patel was barely conscious — only the faint, slow movement of his feet, clad in bright orange shoes, hinted at a trace of life.

Towering high above Taiwan’s capital city at 1,667 feet, Taipei 101 dominates the skyline. The earthquake-proof skyscraper of steel and glass has captured the imagination of professional rock climber ...

In 1970, the wind-swept slopes of Denali were the site of an unsung historic feat: the first all-women’s attempt to summit one of the big mountains of the world. By then, we had sent men to the moon, ...