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".

As the Herald reported this week, many national cycleway trails are open. But elsewhere progress is painfully slow. Kirsten Warner visits Hokianga to find out why

It's a feat of mental and physical willpower to conquer mighty Kilimanjaro and Vanessa James is determined to master the mighty mountain.

Scaling the Matterhorn is something best done while you're young, says Alpine guide Rudi Steindl.

Jim Eagles finds that the inhabitants of the mountain town of Xiahe a hardy lot.

Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest member of the climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest, has died.