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Mountains

Ret. firefighter scales Mt. Everest, completes Seven Summits challenge

  • May 27

American climber speaks out after history-making ski down Mt. Everest

  • Oct 27, 2025
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American skier makes history on Mount Everest

  • Oct 16, 2025

Massive search effort underway to find climber missing in Andes

  • Jun 9, 2025

Climber who died while fundraising for hospital was 'full of life'

  • May 6, 2025

Climber dies during expedition raising money for Lurie Children's

  • May 6, 2025

Man who uses a wheelchair seeks to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

  • Feb 19, 2025

Hunt is on to find 2 Americans who disappeared on New Zealand mountain

  • Dec 3, 2024

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Massive search effort underway to find climber missing in Andes

  • Jun 9, 2025
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Valerie Orsoni's mountain climbing journeys inspire hope

  • May 25, 2023
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Naperville teen becomes yongest American woman to reach Mt. Everest summit

  • May 12, 2022
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Lyons man climbs tallest free-standing mountain in world

  • Feb 9, 2022
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Northbrook retiree, 75, is oldest American to climb Mt. Everest

  • Jun 3, 2021
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Chicagoan completes 'Explorer's Grand Slam' benefiting children's hospital

  • Jul 1, 2019
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Chicago brain tumor survivor inspired by 2-year-old boy aims to raise $1M for Lurie Children's Hospital

  • Oct 19, 2018
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Navy vet survives 300-foot fall from Mount St. Helens

  • Jul 17, 2018

Latest Stories

American climber speaks out after being rescued 20,000 feet up in Himalayas

The climbers faced thirst and hunger in frigid temperatures for 80 hours.

  • Oct 8, 2024

Oceanographers find underwater mountain bigger than Mount Olympus, discover new species

The newly mapped underwater mountain is bigger than Mount Olympus in Greece, which is 2,917 meters (9,570 feet) high.

  • Aug 29, 2024

Man rescued after reportedly being left stranded on Colorado mountain by colleagues

A worker on an office hiking retreat to a national forest in Colorado had to be rescued after 14 of his colleagues allegedly left him stranded on a 14,230-foot mountain, authorities said.

  • Aug 28, 2024

6 stranded hikers rescued, airlifted off Mount Baldy

Investigators said they were stranded in the snow at 9,000 feet near the top of Mount Baldy on Bear Canyon Trail. After several hours, the hikers had to call 911 for help.

  • Feb 15, 2024

Chicago family of 5 rescued from Greenhorn Mountain in Colorado

A family of five from Chicago was rescued off a Colorado mountain over the Thanksgiving holiday

  • Nov 28, 2023