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Dreaming of 29,029 feet, Jake St. Pierre has his head in the clouds.

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 27 : Touted as Malaysia's youngest tower climber, four-year-old Muhammad Syahrulnizam Mohammed Noor is training hard to climb the steps of the 325m-high Eiffel Tower five times this December.

(1730 hrs local - 26 Aug) Two helicopters sent to pickup 3 Slovenian Climbers from K7 B.C and drop them at Muztagh B.C have returned to Skardu after completing the job. They tried to pickup Mr. Miskovic with a sling but could not do it as very strong wind failed the attempt.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Taking life "one step at a time" is an alien concept to a man who prefers to take 51 flights of stairs at a time. But Mohd Noor Mat Amin's punishing take on life may just get him into both the Malaysia Book of Records and the Guinness World Book of Records.

Once ingrained in the history and culture of Bhutan, the yeti today is being dismissed, just like the other old ways of this isolated Himalayan nation.

Somewhere above 8,000m things are going very badly wrong for Wilco van Rooijen. All but blinded by altitude sickness, his brain and body slowed by lack of oxygen, he staggers and stumbles helplessly down the precipitous slope of the mountain. The searing elation that the 40-year-old had experienced just hours before on reaching the peak of K2, perhaps the world's most dangerous mountain, is ...

Ryan Burch was nervous before he would run 100 miles for the second time in his life.

Ryan Burch was nervous before he would run 100 miles for the second time in his life.

Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of a Chinese national who disappeared after scaling Mt Kilimanjaro last month.

George Dijmarescu, Mingma Sherpa and Rinjin Sherpa went to Camp 2. What was supposed to be a a build up turned into a pretty big storm. They are riding it out in Camp 2 and then planning on heading to Camp 3 to get some gear before heading back down.

This month Wilco van Rooijen survived one of the worst climbing disasters in modern memory

Once considered souped-up, pools offered a fun way to cool off on a hot day. Today water parks have morphed into the wet counterparts to the theme park mixing adrenaline-pumping thrills with family-style fun.

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series of columns on new gear from the Outdoor Retailer trade show.

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series of columns on new gear from the Outdoor Retailer trade show.

Dave Watson and Chuck Boyd on the other American team have headed down, it appears over for them in 2008. George Dijmarescu, along with Mingma Sherpa and Rinjin Sherpa (all on the Sunny Mountain Guides expedition) are still headed up. They should be at Camp 3 right now with plans to move to Camp 4.

THE family of a climber missing in Pakistan for more than a month are coming to terms with the likelihood that he is dead. Ben Cheek, 28, from Withington, was on a solo expedition to conquer Shimshal Whitehorn, a treacherous mountain that has claimed many lives.

This second report from the Outdoor Retailer trade show offers a peek at to-be-released gear and gadgets, including carbon fiber kayaks, 1-gram tent stakes and a climbing harness that incorporates the same polymer as seen in a NASA spacesuit. REI P ...

Photos from historic Everest expedition reveal extent of subsequent glacier retreat.

Sunday, 8/17, I was the first to wake up (still sleeping in the kitchen/dining tent) to a fresh, new snow; this time the night brought at least four inches of snow.

A Hermosa Beach man who survived an avalanche that killed 11 climbers returns home.