Yodelling might be the next Swiss tradition to make it onto the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list. Other Swiss specialities ...

Or, put in other words, alpinists who make the difference. As a youngster, back int he day when I was fully fit, the "only" routes which got me completely blasted in Valle del Sarca were (and still ...

Utilizing specialized techniques, including a 50-meter winch maneuver, the skilled crew successfully extricated the alpinists from their precarious predicament. The climbers had become trapped on ...

Two American alpinists made the first ever successful ascent of Tengkangpoche peak from the north face route this spring ...

But look up from that cactus-and-pool-laden landscape and you'll spy Mount San Jacinto, the majestic mountain and longtime ...

These world famous mountains have witnessed three generations of alpinists as they forged extremely difficult routes up these smooth walls (Livanos, Cozzolino, Messner, Huber…). It’s winter now. The ...

You aren’t supposed to be in skis there.” Two veteran alpinists visit ski across a 60° mountaineering route on a remote mountain in Norway ...

These mountaineers trod a well-worn path, trekking to Abbot Pass. That alone is a difficult climb. But for those looking to ...

But to be fair it’s not just the media. Some of the great alpinists can’t explain what they’re doing, even like to hide it. So journalists ignore them. They will cover the highest and best ...

The problem is that there is no easy way to the top from Nepal. Only a handful of highly skilled alpinists have dared attempt its sheer faces and ridges. Few have succeeded. For a commercial approach, ...

The Hon. Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization, Francesco Frangialli, resides in the French mountains and ...