A Search and Rescue team made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to save a man who plunged 200m down an icy Mt Cook slope.

On a Himalayan journey, Winston Aldworth has his breath taken away by the scale of Everest.

This is the story of New Zealanders Marty Schmidt and his son Denali, who died trying to summit the world's most dangerous mountain.

Images from Marty and Delani Schmidt's attempted climb of K2.

Despite a number of avalanches on The Remarkables mountain range in recent years it is not considered a danger zone, says a mountain safety expert.

Since the birth of his first child this year Jamie Vinton-Boot had toned down his risky mountain climbing. He was killed yesterday by an avalanche.

Sequoia Di Angelo knows exactly why her father and brother continued up treacherous K2 while the rest of the team retreated.

Europe's most affordable ski slopes are in Poland, as Jared Savage discovers

A 3D depiction of Sir Edmund Hillary conquering Mt Everest will premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September.

A NZ father and son's tent has been found wrecked and vital climbing tools left abandoned, confirming fears they have been swept away and killed in an avalanche.

As more Kiwis look to South America for adventure, Karen Phelps compiles a bucket list for the continent.

Don Kavanagh falls in love with cross-country travel the way people used to do it.

Thoughts of cycling in India probably conjure up images of intensely congested streets, teeming with all modes of traffic and sharing limited space with free range animals- a reasonable or enjoyable holiday activity?

Increasing commercialisation of the trek up Mt Everest is seen as having contributed to a breakdown in the 'brotherhood of the rope' since Edmund Hillary's climb.

Sir Edmund Hillary's legacy still makes his daughter proud every day.

This Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent to the top of Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Rebecca Kennedy journeys to base camp and gains a sense of what Sir Ed loved about the ‘Holy Himalayas’.

"I am the last man standing," mountaineer George Lowe wrote in his extraordinary collection of images from the first ascent of Everest.

A Queenstown climber's heroic actions are being hailed after he saved a climbing companion knocked unconscious by an avalanche high up a Himalayan mountain.

There's plenty to do in this landlocked nation - even if you don't pack crampons.

The Pinnacles walk is the perfect way to introduce family and friends to the fun of tramping, writes Katie Furze.

Te Ika a Maui and Te Waipounamu are not names that trip off the tongue for most. But that is no reason to prevent them following the example set by Aoraki/Mt Cook and Taranaki/Mt Egmont.

The melodic Irish brogue is the soundtrack to Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere's visit to Avoca County, Ireland.

Mountaineers on Mt Cook have told rescuers of the moment a rock slide came surging towards them and described it as both terrifying and "pretty amazing".

After spending a month in a snow cave to fundraise for avalanche dogs, Blair Whitaker and two guests were forced to dig their way out, thanks to a blizzard.