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 ...

Firefighters in York County rescued a rock climber after a 15-foot fall on Sunday, officials said. Wrightsville and Hellam Township firefighters said they were dispatched at about 11:44 a.m. after ...

In the second high-angle rescue within a week near Index, a climber was saved after reportedly falling close to 100 feet on Saturday Afternoon, Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue (SRFR ...

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 ...

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka ...

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 ...

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.

It attracts between 200,000 and 300,000 climbers annually A student from China was rescued twice from Japan’s Mount Fuji within a span of four days after he returned to the mountain to retrieve ...

A climber who fell from a cliff wall near the town of Index is now recovering after a dramatic helicopter rescue. It was one of two rescues in that area last week. Around 3:00 p.m. Saturday ...

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 ...