Extreme sports, such as snowboarding and mountain climbing, are gaining popularity all over the world. While these activities provide a sense of excitement, they can result in life-threatening ...

Fred Rouhling. A name which evokes images of the utmost extreme, the intense, unrepeated or simply downright impossible. A name which from the second half of the ‘90’s onwards created an important ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet, the highest point on Earth. It’s a symbol of human dreams and goals. Since 1953, about 4 ...

Avril wanted to try crampons and snowshoes to see if this whole "mountaineering thing" was for her. Ice climbing was just a fun, unexpected addition. "This is not my normal space. This is a very ...

Increasing numbers of people with diabetes are seeking advice about participation in high altitude climbing ... to endorse high altitude mountaineering for people with diabetes The Diabetes Federation ...

Mr Kowshik - along with mountain guides Tsewang Namgyal and Rigzin Tsewang - has also organised ice climbing festivals in the Siachen Valley in Ladakh. Mr Namgyal, who is from Ladakh, says that ...

Known for pushing the boundaries of extreme sports ... kayaking and sailing and hiking just to get to the mountain. At that point, the climbing began—culminating in summiting the 9,000-foot ...

While I was fairly fit and prepared to climb Huayna Potosí, I didn't consider the mental or extreme physical toll the mountain would take. Knowing your limits is tough but essential. I should've ...