PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona climber has been found dead, dangling from a rope on a cliff face south of Tucson, after apparently being stung to death by bees, police said on Wednesday. Full story
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal officials vowed on Monday to ensure the safety of climbers seeking to scale Mount Everest after three European climbers were involved in a fight with sherpa guides on their way to the peak of the world's highest mountain. Full story
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A century after the first climber reached the summit of North America's tallest peak, a growing movement of Alaskans is seeking to have it renamed Denali, a moniker meaning "the High One" that is traditionally used by Native Alaskans. Full story
March 23, 2001: Eric Weihenmayer was preparing to climb Mount Everest. NBC's Roger O'Neill profiled Weihenmayer, a skilled and daring athlete, who two months later became the first blind climber to reach the mountain's summit.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak and will become the oldest person to reach the top if he succeeds. Full story
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A young Nepali sherpa climber has become the world's first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a week, Guinness World Records has confirmed. Full story
Daredevil climber Alain Robert scales Cuba's Havana Libre Hotel without safety equipment in just 28 minutes. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kathmandu March 30, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Airport workers load into a truck a crate containing the coffin of Armin Roland Tietze, one of three German climbers who died in a volcano blast, as it is prepared for repatriation to Germany, at a Manila airport May 10, 2013. Five climbers, including three Germans, one Spaniard and a Filipino tour
Airport workers carry a crate containing the coffin of Vasco Jurian Stelter, one of three German climbers who died in a volcano blast, as it is prepared for repatriation to Germany, at a Manila airport May 10, 2013. Five climbers, including three Germans, one Spaniard and a Filipino tour guide, were
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHThe body of a mountain climber lies on slopes of Mayon Volcano before being ferried to Legazpi, Albay in central Philippines May 8, 2013. Five climbers, which include three Germans, one Spaniard and a Filipino tour guide, were killed
