Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey.

Nelly Attar—the first Lebanese to summit the five highest mountains in the world—explains why taking risks isn’t part of the ...

The author and her partner recently ascended a 10,000-foot peak in the Cascades while dressed for a cocktail party ...