Everest with, “because it’s there.” No matter what reason you’ve got for being here, these are the building blocks for anyone who wants to know how to climb a mountain. Motivation is key to ...

The popular hike offers stunning desert vistas and a challenging climb, but don’t be fooled; the trek to the summit of this 2,706-foot mountain is not easy. So before you lace up your boots and ...

I blamed the warm weather and told myself I didn’t have time for a six-hour trek, but the truth is that I knew El Cajon Mountain was going to be a difficult climb. I’ve summited more strenuous ...

Climbing to the top of a mountain is already a daunting feat without $1 million on the line. New reality competition series "The Summit" forces a group of strangers to climb Mount Head in the ...

She couldn’t wait to climb another mountain. Five years after that day on Mount Hood, in the spring of 1969, Arlene sat in her room of the shared house in Berkeley she rented as she worked her ...