Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...

Climbing season on Mount Everest was delayed 12 days this year due to treacherous conditions on the section of the climb known as the Khumbu Icefall, Business Insider reported. The reason for the ...

Mountaineers have skied other routes on Mount Everest, but never the Hornbein Couloir, a steep, narrow gully on the North Face. Luca Galuzzi via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.5 American ...

On October 15, American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison stood atop Mount Everest. The 50-year-old wasn’t just on the highest point on Earth to enjoy the view; he was there to say a final goodbye, and to ...

While there are many discovered and named climbing routes on Everest, two routes are most commonly climbed: The South Col route starting from Nepal, and the Northeast Ridge Standard, or The North Col ...

Jim Morrison, 50, accomplished the feat at 7:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday. An American skier made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route.

Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount Everest, then he hopped to the right, his breath heavy in the oxygen-thin air.

American mountaineer Jim Morrison made history this week when he put on his skis and carefully carved his way down one of Mount Everest’s most treacherous slopes. He is the first person to ski the ...