Naperville’s Lucy Westlake is on a mission to break another mountain climbing record this summer — and maybe change the world as well. The 19-year-old said in an email this week that she plans to ...

K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak. But some mountaineers, like Garrett Madison, say it isn't the hardest to climb. Hundreds of people summit Mt. Everest each year, and you don't need to be an ...

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Ben is a journalist, writer, National Geographic Explorer, and humanitarian who has been based in Nepal for over 20 years. He regularly contributes to Outside’s coverage of Mount Everest and Himalayan ...

Adrian Ballinger had the chance to board a plane within 72 hours and fly to Ecuador and climb a 20,000-foot mountain. The plane ticket already was paid; all he had to do was say yes. One problem: He ...

On August 1, 2008, in a single disastrous chain of events, 11 climbers were killed high on K2’s Abruzzi Ridge in Pakistan’s Karakoram Range. One of the worst accidents in mountaineering history, it ...

Keep your fingers crossed, writes Andrzej Bargiel in a short post on Instagram. No further words are needed, since his expedition's name, Everest Ski Challenge, says it all. The Polish skier is ...

After a bone-shaking ride through the saw-toothed peaks of northern Pakistan, we find that floodwaters have wiped away the road ahead. Fortunately, Rashid, our driver, spots another Jeep across the ...