Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scenes from the nighttime rescue of Oakland climber Rob Martin, who became stuck on a narrow ledge in the Eastern Sierra while ...

Racing against the darkness, rescuers in California on Saturday saved a man who had become stranded on a ledge perched atop a soaring peak on the Sierra Nevada. By Ishani Desai A man climbing a ...

A group of climbers of various experience levels attempted to summit K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, but one that ...

'I'm finished.' Those were the final words uttered by Toni Kurz as he dangled just metres beyond the reach of those trying to save him and the life drained from his body. Kurz, 23, and fellow climbers ...

Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain, shut down for the season as large winter storms created a 'recipe of disaster.' ...