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An Irish climber leading a group up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania was killed by lightning Wednesday, his family confirmed.
A 60-year-old New York man says a global positioning system device helped save him and his companions during a mountain climb in Antarctica.
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A Canadian woman scaled Mount Everest in Nepal Thursday, becoming the third woman to reach the summit of the world's tallest peak at 29,028 feet.
A stomach ulcer stopped a Scottish climber from reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak in the Himalayas.
A Web site that featured images of wrestlers including 25 minors dressed only in Speedo bathing suits, some posed in "unorthodox positions" was voluntarily shut down by the priest who created the site after questions were raised.