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William Stampfl died in an avalanche in the Peruvian Andes in 2002. His family thought he'd never be found.

It took authorities 55 days to complete the annual clean up of the mountain.

A daring rescue has played out in Queensland's Scenic Rim region to save an injured hiker who was stuck in freezing conditions on the side of a mountain.

An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

An attempt to climb Everest requires months, sometimes years, of training and conditioning – even then, reaching the summit is far from guaranteed.

The deadly wall of snow collapsed on an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, below the famed Matterhorn peak.

Search efforts were crueled by avalanche, high wind, fog and cold after the group set out in "relatively good" conditions.

Researchers were mapping the ocean when they realised bumps on the ocean floor were in fact seamounts.

Officials in Nepal say parts of the world's tallest mountain are starting to stink from the human waste left there.

Stevens became the first paraplegic to walk to base camp of Mount Everest, without a wheelchair. 

The force of the avalanche pushed one victim into a lake, while the other body was found in the mass of snow.

A slip caused the climber's knee to be trapped between rocks while he was tackling an ascent in Utah.

New research suggests Mont Blanc, known as 'the roof of Europe', has been impacted by the continent's exceptionally dry summer.

Tips from other hikers helped search party find Adam Fuselier's body

The remains had clearly been there for some time, police said.

A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe's most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily's largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, cancelled and diverted.

By climbing K2 that day, they became the world's fastest climbers, scaling the world's 14 highest mountains in 92 days.

An avalanche of hate is being directed the way of climbers who are accused of ignoring a dying man while trying to summit the world's second-highest mountain K2.

Trekking up the colassal mountain Jenn felt the electric storm swirling around her, but she couldn't see it. Then she felt it.

Gelje Sherpa was on his way to the top of the world's highest mountain when he spotted the climber clinging to the rope.

Jason Kennison was told he might never walk again after surviving a car crash and was climbing the world's highest peak for charity when he died.

Noel Hanna, from Northern Ireland, died while descending the treacherous Mount Annapurna, officials said.

A Spanish mountain climber emerged on Friday from a cave 70 metres underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world.

Seiichi Sano turns 90 later this year, and after being recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest male to surf, he's ready for other tests.

He says he 'knows in his heart' that Julian Sands has died on a treacherous mountain range.

Footage, taken from Blake's helmet, captures the terrifying moment the mountain below him suddenly gives way producing a rushing wall of snow.

A Taiwanese mountaineer's record-breaking claim of speed summiting a giant Himalayan peak is now under a growing cloud of suspicion.

A major avalanche has steamrolled base camp at Manaslu, taking out dozens of climbers' tents on the world's eighth-highest mountain.

The body of Hilaree Nelson has been found and taken to a forensic laboratory in Kathmandu for an autopsy after the renowned US ski mountaineer died during an expedition in Nepal.

A Denver woman fell 274 metres to her death on Saturday while climbing one of Colorado's most treacherous mountains.

K2 is just one bad weather event away from "a massive, massive disaster" that could cause between 20-30 deaths

A rockslide has caused a small mountain cabin perched precariously in the Alps to tumble into the glacier below.

A New Zealand student has "broken nearly every bone in her body" and had her left leg amputated after falling 24 metres while climbing in Yosemite National Park.

A US climber was shocked by the garbage she encountered on K2 this year, which stretched "along almost the entire route".

The family of an Australian mountaineer found dead on the world's second-highest peak said their loved one "lived life to the full".

From Everest to K2, these are the treacherous mountain peaks that claim more lives per climber than any other.

The 23-year-old man from Baltimore was hiking an unauthorised trail on the Italian mountain accompanied by three relatives.

A large chunk of an Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and roared down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak and killing at least six and injuring eight, authorities said.

Nepal is considering relocating Everest Base Camp due to environmental concerns.

Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up.

This time there was no humiliating claim of faked photos, no shameful controversy, and no ban from Mount Everest in the majestic Himalayas.

Venturing from Melbourne's eastern suburbs, the Brighton teen has conquered the highest mountain in the world.

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The highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows.

Ollie Finnane climbed Mt Kosciusko with his cousins and dad Liam to raise money for the foundation started in his mother's honour.

A mountain climber who discovered a cache of precious gems while on a hike in France has been given half of the stones.

The victims were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were hit by a roughly 200m wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope during a ski tour on Saturday in the Tweng area, in Salzburg province.

Skeletal remains found in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park in the US are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a multi-day mountaineering trip nearly 40 years ago, park officials said.

A mountain climber's successful summit of one of the world's highest peaks will cost him all his fingers from one hand, after suffering severe frostbite while stranded high in extreme freezing conditions.