Climbing Senior Editor Anthony Walsh spoke with Forrest Rynearson, manager of Squamish Search and Rescue, to uncover previously unreported details about the drone rescue on the Alaska Highway route that…
Well-known American climber Jake Whisenant died in a fall while working on a new route in a remote area of California’s Sierra Nevada.
The avalanche that claimed the lives of 10 climbers on Broad Peak on July 30, 2026 became the latest tragedy in a long series of fatal incidents on the world’s…
Manufacturer Petzl has announced a recall of certain batches of NOMIC (U021AA00) and ERGONOMIC (U022AA00) ice tools due to a risk of handle failure that could lead to a fall.…
A fatal accident occurred on Kalymnos Island, Greece, on the route St. Savvas (7b+), a sport climb bolted in 2002 in the sector Jurassic Park.
Connor Herson has made the third ascent of one of the world’s hardest 100-metre trad multipitch routes, Crown Royale, in Jøssingfjord, first established by Pete Whittaker.
The terrifying moment a historic Escalona Castle in Spain collapsed was captured on video by eyewitnesses, shocking tourists as a cloud of dust and stone debris engulfed the surrounding area.
A hiker died last week in the mountains of northern Colorado after being attacked by a cougar. The incident marked the first cougar-related fatality in the state in more than…
Due to a new law passed by the Government of Catalonia, rock climbing in the Oliana area is now officially banned.
The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are currently considering two regulatory proposals that could fundamentally change the way rock climbing is managed.
On November 10, 2025, Italian climber Simon Gitl and German ice climbing world champion Ines Papert made a first ascent of a new combined route «Lumina» (M8-) along the northeastern…
On November 10, 2025, climbers Sebastián Pelletti and Hernán Rodríguez made the first ascent of a new route on the west face of Cuerno Norte in Patagonia, Chile. The new…
Climbers Nicholas Farenzena and Gabriele Walicki have established a new multi-pitch route “Baila Morena” on the south face of Corno del Framont in Civetta-Moiazza in the Dolomites.
A team of climbers: Matej Prcin from Slovakia, Tomasz Rodzynkiewicz and Marco Schwidergal from Poland made the first ascent of Tumladen Sar (6,232 m) in the Ghujerab Mountains in the…
The Piolet d’Or (Golden Ice Axe) is an international mountaineering award given for the most outstanding ascents of the year.
Taipei 101 is 1,667 feet (509.2 meters) tall and has 101 floors. Taipei 101 is located in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei and is considered the tallest in the country.…
Hundreds of climbers are trapped on the eastern slopes of Everest, on the Tibetan side. A powerful snowstorm has hit the mountain, and the situation is getting worse by the…
Nepal will waive climbing fees for 97 Himalayan peaks for the next two years to encourage tourism to remote and less prosperous areas of the country.
The Sagarmatha/Everest Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) does a great job of controlling the amount of trash that climbers leave on the mountain, especially at high camps. While there is still…
At the end of July, the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps (CNSAS) used drones and artificial intelligence to find the body of Nicola Ivaldo. The climber went missing…
