How dexamethasone corrupted mountaineering.

On life after you accomplish your lifelong goal.

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

Two years ago, the climbing photographer known as Nathan Smith saw no way out, after struggling for years with gender-identity issues in the male-dominated outdoor industry. Then—slowly, bravely—Nikki introduced herself to the world.

He was the best alpinist of his generation, a quiet, unassuming Canadian known for bold ascents of some of the world’s most iconic peaks. Four months ago, at the age of 25, he traveled to Alaska to join climber Ryan Johnson for a first ascent outside Juneau. They never came back.

The journey to recover three bodies from Mt. Everest.

David Roberts spent his life facing death in the mountains. Now he is facing a fatal prognosis.

Summiting one of the world’s toughest peaks gave Julian Torres something an IED blast in Afghanistan had taken away.