When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Every island in Hawaiʻi has its own personality, history and landscape. From beach sands of many colors to mountain peaks, there is a tremendous amount of diversity and beauty. One ...

Paddle, fish, hike, or picnic at Turquoise Lake against the backdrop of Colorado’s highest peak, Mount Elbert. Perched at ...

Missouri state park is in the St. Francois Mountains and offers trails, camping, fishing and history in the Ozarks.

From 1975: A climbing team from Washington, led by Jim Whittaker, of Seattle, was preparing an assault on K2 in Pakistan. Whittaker said that the world’s second-tallest mountain “may prove more ...

The climber’s body was found two days after his fall. A climber looking to ascend the tallest peak in the country has died. Alex Chiu fell while ascending the West Buttress climbing route on Mount ...

With about 12 vertical feet left before the 4,867-foot peak named Whiteface was officially bagged, Gary Koch looked a little weak in the knees. But it wasn’t from the physical exertion so much as from ...

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it. By Scott Cacciola and K.K. Rebecca Lai Kilian Jornet was drenched and tired.