Everest is easier to climb than ever before ... K2: The Savage Mountain If you ask Garrett Madison what the hardest mountain he's climbed is, his answer won't be Mt. Everest, either.

We take on one of the toughest hikes Alaska has to offer – a brutal 4,000-foot vertical climb up Gunsight Mountain. From ...

Fast forward to May 15, when Schwerin became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest at age 17. At the top of the ...

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...

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 ...

For months, Oscar McHugh and his father Dan had their sights set on Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America ... missing Oscar’s last week of school to complete the hardest climb of his life ...

K2 is the hardest mountain he's ever climbed ... For Drummond, becoming the first woman to climb the Seven Second Summits was deeply meaningful. "It just shows how far society has come for ...

WALLINGFORD — If when she was younger you asked Choate Rosemary Hall rising senior Emma Schwerin if she enjoyed hiking, she’d have told you she didn’t get the point. Why climb up a ...