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Everest climbing permits have been issued to 360 individuals in 2026 as at April 17. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Mungal is no stranger to community work. He is the secretary of the Gauteng branch of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and ...

A 40-year veteran trainer shares 5 morning exercises that restore stair-climbing power and all-day energy after 55.

Kristin Harila, who holds the speed record on the 8000ers, will attempt the so-called Everest Triple Crown this spring as a ...

As altitude increases and oxygen levels drop, climbers on Kilimanjaro face physiological risks that can turn a straightforward hike into a dangerous situation.

America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest ...

Jim Whittaker, a Seattle born and raised mountaineer who achieved legendary status when he became the first American to ...

Whittaker took up climbing as a Boy Scout, and his ascent of the world’s highest mountain turned the shy Seattle man into an ...

As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when ...

Jim Whittaker died Tuesday in Port Townsend. The legendary Washington mountaineer made history in 1963 as the first American ...