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PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found on Mount Hood, and an expedition is planned this week to see whether they are of two climbers missing since December.

KENNEWICK — Kay LeClaire achieved mountaineering history last year, but she's nowhere ne

“The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2” (W.W. Norton and Co., $26.95), by Jennifer Jordan: Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air” in 1999, books about mountaineering have become their own subgenre of adventure lit.

Posted: Aug 23, 2010 04:23 pm EDT Swedish sky-skier lost and a flood affecting more people than ever: the final chapter of the 2010 Karakoram climbing summer offered little joy.

Posted: Aug 23, 2010 11:33 am EDT Here goes yet another piece of the huge Everest and Himalaya crhonicle compiled by ExWeb contributor Rodrigo Granzotto.

Two years after he was swept from the world's second-highest mountain after rescuing three others during a two-day span when 11 climbers died on K2, Ger McDonnell -- an Irishman whose love of the mountains brought him to Alaska -- will receive a prestigious posthumous award for his history of heroism.

"The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2" (W.W. Norton and Co., $26.95), by Jennifer Jordan: Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" in 1999, books about mountaineering have become their own subgenre of adventure lit. "The Last Man on the Mountain" focuses on an expedition that tried to be the first to climb K2 in 1939.

Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air in 1999, books about mountaineering have become their own subgenre of adventure lit. The Last Man on the Mountain focuses on an expedition that tried to be the first to climb K2 in 1939. Author Jennifer Jordan was at the base of the mountain in 2002 when she stumbled upon a grisly discovery: "There, laid out on the rocks and ice, was the ...

The trail, steeper than imagined, rises 700 metres, more than 4.6 kilometres, switchbacking through forest above the tree line -- some spots carved and blasted out of the rocks. Almost four hours later, the gothic-arched tin roof wooden structure that is the Conrad Kain hut comes into view.[...]

The trail, steeper than imagined, rises 700 metres, more than 4.6 kilometres, switchbacking through forest above the tree line -- some spots carved and blasted out of the rocks. Almost four hours later, the gothic-arched tin roof wooden structure that is the Conrad Kain hut comes into view.[...]

The trail, steeper than imagined, rises 700 metres, more than 4.6 kilometres, switchbacking through forest above the tree line -- some spots carved and blasted out of the rocks. Almost four hours later, the gothic-arched tin roof wooden structure that is the Conrad Kain hut comes into view.[...]

A climber from Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture is leaving for the Mt Everest region Saturday to attempt to climb the world's tallest peak on his own,…

THE WILDEST DREAM investigates English mountaineer George Mallory's obsession with becoming the first person to conquer Mount Everest.

Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air in 1997, books about mountaineering have become a subgenre of adventure literature.

K2 -- sometimes referred to as the "holy grail of mountaineering" -- is just 800 feet shorter than Mount Everest, but it is a much more dangerous climb. Writer Nick Heil reviews three new books about expeditions up one of the world's most deadly peaks.

iPad Game Review: Everest: Hidden Expedition HDReviewed by Shaun PriceEverest: Hidden Expedition HD is a game created by Big Fish Games. Everest HD is a very immersive and addictive find it game. As a member of the Hidden Expedition ...

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THE WILDEST DREAM investigates English mountaineer George Mallory's obsession with becoming the first person to conquer Mount Everest.

By Jennifer Jordan (W.W. Norton and Co.) Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" in 1999, books about mountaineering have become their own subgenre of adventure lit. "The Last Man on the Mountain" focuses on an expedition that tried to be the first to climb K2 in 1939.

"The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2" (W.W. Norton and Co., $26.95), by Jennifer Jordan: Since the runaway success of Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" in 1999, books about mountaineering have become their own subgenre of adventure lit. "The Last Man on the Mountain" focuses on an expedition that tried to be the first to climb K2 in 1939.