All news on the topic: Climbing

Aonach Eagach in the Scottish Highlands is known as one of the most difficult routes in the UK and becomes a "greased ladder" when it rains, according to experts

A woman died after falling 500 feet while free-solo climbing a part of Ypsilon Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park earlier this week. Authorities have yet to release her name

Police in the Chamonix region said today the unnamed hiker was taking a difficult track near the Bionnassay glacier, the smallest on the French side of the Mont-Blanc massif

Following British actor Julian Sands' death being confirmed last week, the late star's final interview has been released, in which the dad-of-three discussed his experiences as a seasoned rock climber

Jenn Drummond from Park City in Utah, USA has become the first woman in the world to climb the seven second summits, which includes K2 on the border of Pakistan and China

Brit adrenaline junkie George King-Thompson was seized after the spectacle drew more than 90 emergency responders to the Lotte Tower in Seoul, South Korea, which is the fifth tallest skyscraper in the world

The young man encountered difficulties following his ill-advised venture to Flory Island by Whipsiderry Beach

The sherpa was guiding another client to the Everest summit on May 18 when he noticed the unnamed climber clinging to a rope and shivering from the freezing temperatures

Seventy years after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary became the first people to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain was filmed covered in piles of rubbish left by climbers

Monday marks 70 years to the day that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history and conquered the world's highest peak - and in the decades since, hundreds have followed in their footsteps

Makalu, at 27,825ft it is the fifth highest mountain in the world with a base camp as high as Mont Blanc, but it a mountain which is climbed far less often than other Himalayan peaks

Peter Watson, from Hackney in London, is taking on Everest as part of the Seven Summits challenge, having escaped a raging Artic wildfire in Greenland back in 2019

The 31-year-old achieved the feat on Pico de Orizaba - Mexico's highest mountain and active stratovolcano and took breathtaking images of the snowy summit and bright starry nights

Indian climber Anurag Maloo has been rescued from a deep crevasse the size of a skyscraper on the slopes of Mount Anna Purna in Nepal, the world's 10th tallest mountain

A climbing legend who summited Mount Everest an incredible 10 times has died descending another mountain in the Himalayas, as Noel Hanna died on Mount Annapurna on Monday

Alison Jane Dawson, 45, an endocrinologist from Ilkley in Yorkshire, was on a hiking trip with her husband and a tour guide on January 14 when an avalanche rocked the French Alps - and she suffocated beneath the snow, an inquest has found

The victim of this tragic climbing accident has been identified as 41-year-old Meg O'Neil. A heartbreaking post by a local non-profit who worked with Meg read: 'We have lost a dear friend, a hero, and our fearless leader.'

The documentary follows Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews as he attempts to bring home the body of his brother Michael who vanished after climbing Everest in 1999

The dad of amateur climber Jack Carne, 23, has paid tribute to his 'amazing son' after he tragically died following a 600ft fall off a mountainside in Snowdonia National Park (Eryri)

20-year-old Patty died after slipping on ice during an expedition in the Andes in 1981, multiple search efforts failed to locate her body but now her remains have been found

Devastated friends and family took to social media to pay tribute to the climber, named locally as Jack Carne, describing him as a "true gentleman" and the "nicest lad you'll ever meet"

Marta Emilia Altamirano is believed to have fallen hundreds of metres to her death, according to the sister. Four expeditions have previously tried to find her with no success in the Andes in Argentina

Arianna Sittoni, 30, was practicing ski mountaineering with guide Guido Trevisan when the avalanche swept her to her death on the Lagorai mountain chain in Trentino, Italy

Emma Heritage has shared the haunting final words of her husband Daniel, who tumbled down a steep vertical route at Cascade Mountain in Canada's Rockies last year before tragically dying in her arms

The video is not advised for those with a fear of heights and is enough to make even the most hardened climbers' palms go sweaty