SEATTLE – Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir ...

A single climbing wall becomes the focus of a high-stakes challenge with a $25,000 reward at the top. Participants attempt ...

Instead of staying put and waiting for rescuers to track me down, I wandered the freezing woods of northern Michigan for four ...

EVERETT — A climber died after falling approximately 200 feet Monday evening in Index.

When a climber died on the popular Greek island last week, witnesses were quick to blame the haphazard response from a local ...

The racial gap in maternal mortality is narrowing, driven largely by climbing death rates of white women with no more than a high school education and declining rates for college-educated Black women, ...

After being declared clinically dead at age ten, Konoma recounts her miraculous survival, battle with sickle cell, and faith that transformed pain into purpose. NEW ...

Editor: President Trump and his administration, the Republicans in Congress and many of his cabinet heads, who are also unqualified for the job, have blood on their hands. They got rid of USAID by ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A bill that would classify abortion as a homicide and would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty in Tennessee has failed in the House. The amendment has failed after a ...

What does it take to send a 5.12 climb? After failed attempts and tactical changes, this episode follows a climber refining technique, mindset, and strategy to finally improve performance on a ...

In Part 2 of our interview series with German filmmaker Werner Herzog, we examine his close calls with death, his thoughts in the existence of a supreme being and mountaineer Reinhold Messner. In Part ...