
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.
The widow of NZ climber Rob Hall says he would have wanted his body to remain on Mt Everest.
Inspired by the Lord of the Rings, a Dutch tourist attempted to climb Mt Ngauruhoe - but was ill-prepared for the task.
The body of a veteran climber who fell 450 metres into the crater atop the Mount St Helens volcano was recovered today.
A leaked report recommends setting aside up to a fifth of Mount Aspiring National Park's 350,000ha for possible mining and exploration.
Today marks 100 years since the first ascent of Mt Aspiring, New Zealand's highest peak outside the Aoraki-Mt Cook region.
When 5-year-old Max Christie slipped out of sight 90 metres down a rocky Whakapapa cliff his parents feared they wouldn't find him alive.
Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.
An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.