Venture to dizzy heights with a look at some of the world’s most incredible clifftop towns. From seaside citadels to remote ...

"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer ...

A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for ...

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A tree ultimately broke his fall, saving the man from an additional, potentially fatal, 100-foot fall to the caldera floor ...

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Masato Sato, 62, a resident of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, who rode the monorail with his wife as part of a local eco-tour, described the experience as like “climbing a sheer cliff.

Hikers will ascend 1,488 feet during the 5.4-mile round-trip hike, some of which features sheer cliffs and steep switchbacks that includes a chain guide rope for the final push to the summit.

Swiss mountaineer Nicolas Hojac is known for scaling peaks all over the world – including many speedy ascents of the Eiger north face in his home country.