climbing

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mt. Everest with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay. The names Everest and ...

Japan rock stars Sachi Amma and Akiyo Noguchi head to the north island to take on some of Hokkaido’s toughest climbs.   ...

While travelers often eschew Colombia for presumably safer options in the region, memories of the warmhearted people and challeng...

I am not sure who had the idea to run the main ridge of Japan’s Central Alps, but it could have been me. I am certain, however, w...

Having scoured the globe for rocks to climb, imagine my excitement when I discovered a priceless gem not far from my new home in ...

Nearly a decade ago I became inspired to hike the “hyakumeizan,” Japan’s one-hundred most revered mountains. I had bagged 91 peak...

I’ve mentioned my father was also deaf and, like me, had a great love for the outdoors. He spent most of his youth hiking, campin...

My thumb does the talking to the few cars that pass my way. I walk for almost an hour when a middle-aged man with a sleepy stubby...

While Mt. Everest is routinely climbed by dozens of people each year, pioneering climbers are trying the most difficult and dange...

Born in Slovenia, a rugged country boasting with sportsman's culture, Cveto Nakashima Podlogar is well versed in trekking and...

From hand helds to hand holds, from being dangerously exposed to overexposure, good climbing photography sometimes means letting i...

Right as I began to empty the contents of the tent bag on the ground, snowflakes started to come down with a flurry. “No, no, no”...