Thousands of adrenaline junkies are flocking to California's Yosemite National Park, as the government shutdown leaves ...

The ski run starts atop Everest, some 29,000 feet above sea level and in the death zone, where people can’t survive for long.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Honnold knows a thing about passion and challenges. Since his legendary ropeless ascent up Yosemite’s ...

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

If a cat or other small animal gets stuck in a tree, whom do you call? A new Modesto nonprofit was founded to answer that question. VARS - Volunteer Animal Retrieval Specialists was established in ...

In Yosemite National Park, granite walls rise straight from the valley floor. El Capitan is the park’s most legendary cliff — about 3,000 feet of vertical stone that draws climbers from around the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — An eight-year-old from Colorado is set to match his brother’s record as the youngest person to climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The El Capitan climb is one of the most ...

A climber filmed BASE jumpers leaping illegally from Yosemite’s El Capitan during the government shutdown. Charles Winstead said he saw more than eight people jumping over several days. Park staffing ...

In Yosemite National Park, most park staff are furloughed, but that is not stopping climbers from taking on big climbs. One man holds world records for climbing Yosemite's El Capitan, on why he is not ...

Marc-Andre Leclerc loved mountains for the adventure, not for the fame. He achieved incredible things, winter soloing Torre Egger in Patagonia and free climbing El Capitan’s Muir Wall, among other ...

My husband and I are far from athletic. Two book lovers obsessed with fantasy and respectively into video games and crafting, we had always thought our kids would be mini nerds like us. But my son was ...