Latest from Mountains

Ski guide deviated from plan

Climber conquers Everest before fatal blindness

British climber Peter Kinloch was on the roof of the world, in bright sunlight, taking pictures of the Himalayas below. Minutes later, he went blind.

Campaign to knock Hillary off his summit

A campaign is underway to try and prove a British climber beat Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mt Everest.

Everest attempt may prove Sir Ed was not first to summit

Climber rescued

Race to top descends into bitter dispute

Korean 'first woman to conquer 14 highest peaks'

A South Korean climber has become the first woman to scale 14 of the world's highest mountains.

Seven peaks in running to honour Sir Ed

Seven locations have become the final group of landmarks in the running to bear the name of New Zealand's greatest mountaineer.

Nepal plans to remove bodies from Everest

The widow of NZ climber Rob Hall says he would have wanted his body to remain on Mt Everest.

Rescuers still trying to reach Mt Cook climbers

Offensive names disappear as Americans redraw map

For more than a century, Negrohead Mountain has towered over the countryside north of Malibu, offering unrivalled views of the Pacific to generations of hikers.

<i>Greg Smith:</i> City's volcanoes deserve World Heritage status

A voice to move mountains

Body recovered from volcano crater

The body of a veteran climber who fell 450 metres into the crater atop the Mount St Helens volcano was recovered today.

Injured woman flown off Mount Cook

<i>Douglas Graham</i>: No harm in acknowledging iwis' link to land

Missing Mt Cook climber safe and well

Engineer finds a frozen solution