MOUNT KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — The climbers were asleep in their tents before a predawn ascent of Africa's highest peak, when the boulders rained down. Three Americans died and ...

In 2019, while in Peru as a camp counselor, Tyler Andrews set his first Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 37.9-mile Salkantay ...

Even if all fossil fuel use stopped today, the study finds that 39% of glacier mass loss is already locked in—enough to raise sea levels by at least 113 millimeters (4.4 inches).

At an altitude of over 8,200 meters on the flanks of K2, extreme mountaineer Kristin Harila finds a high-altitude porter who has fallen. He is hanging upside down from a fixed rope and fighting for ...

26-year-old Constance Schaerer from France successfully scaled Mt Everest on May 19 becoming the youngest French female to have scaled the world's highest mountain, said Da Dendi Sherpa, managing ...

That is in keeping with other African mountains, including the highest, Mount Kilimanjaro, which has just 8.6 percent of its ice surface left, according to the study. 'Just melt away' ...

Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: Recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data. Environmental Research: Climate, 3 (1 ...