TOKYO — A climber was rescued twice in one week from Japan’s Mount Fuji after he went back to search for his lost phone, police said Monday. On Sunday, rescuers carried the climber on a ...

TOKYO (AP) — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later ...

Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter the lungs of climbers through the abrasion of the soles. A climbing ...

THE WRIGHTSVILLE FIRE COMPANY SAYS A CLIMBER FELL 15FT ONTO A ROCK LEDGE. CREWS HAD TO GET EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TO THE PATIENT. THEN CREWS LOWERED THE PATIENT OFF THE ROCK LEDGE TO A WAITING EMS.

Kathmandu (AFP) – An Austrian climber has died while descending Nepal's Ama Dablam after a successful summit, the country's tourism department said Monday. Nepal named the climber as Martin ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

INDEX, Wash. — Crews from several agencies worked together to rescue a climber who fell about 100 feet off a cliff wall near the Snohomish County town of Index on Saturday. The incident happened ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-metre (22,965ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at ...

EVERETT — A climber was rescued Saturday afternoon after falling about 100 feet from a cliff wall near the Upper Town Wall outside of Index. Around 3 p.m., a 911 call reported the fall.

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of climbing season had to be rescued twice in four days after he returned to look for his phone. The Chinese student, who lives in ...