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France loved him for his indefatigable, pioneering spirit - the first man to climb an 8,000-meter Himalayan peak despite losing all his fingers and toes to frostbite, a man who later went on to scale the heights of French politics....

A slab of ice broke off Thursday high in the French Alps, sparking an avalanche that swept nine Europeans to their deaths as they tried to climb Mont Blanc, authorities said. Eleven other climbers were hospitalized and at least four are still unaccounted for....

A national park ranger fell about 3700 feet to his death on Mount Rainier in Washington state Thursday during an operation to rescue four climbers. The National Park Service identified the ranger as Nick Hall, 34.

A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organizers said.

A climber who plunged 1,000 feet (300 meters) from one of Britain's highest mountains - and walked away - is promising to climb Mount Everest later this year.

A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday.

Rescue crews were searching for three climbers missing on Mount Hood after they may have tried to use a cellphone early Saturday ...

Police say 10 climbers have died on two mountains in northern Japan.