This week marks two years since the death and 95 years since the birth of Tom Hornbein, one of the great figures of American ...

Few mountains, if any, have as much prowess for climbers, mountaineers, and skiers as Mount Everest. After all, it is the highest mountain on Earth at 8,849m (29,032 ft.). Summiting Everest is not ...

Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without additional oxygen. The extreme skier from Poland, 37, carried his skis on his back while climbing up the ...

Climbing the world's highest mountain is no easy task, but you might be surprised to learn about the most dangerous part of ...

During his multi-week journey, Selby tells PEOPLE, he faced extreme dehydration and even developed severe frostbite “It’s very possible for anyone to do it with a little determination and planning," ...

When I was 15 years old, my father embarked on a seemingly impossible quest. He became consumed with finding a copy of the 1975 Oscar-winning documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest. The famed film ...