Rescue teams have been scouring New Zealand’s Mount Cook in search of missing climbers Kurt Blair, Carlos Romero and an unidentified Canadian. Crews recovered their equipment but haven’t found ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont ... with the mountain were banned while tourism was promoted,” Goldsmith said.

Three mountain climbers from the U.S. and Canada are missing after they failed to return from a planned ascent of New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki, authorities said Tuesday, and rescue teams ...

The 50-year-old Romero along with 56-year-old Colorado resident Kurt Blair and a Canadian man failed to return Monday from their climb on Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook. Romero's bio on the SWS ...