KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Norwegian who just became the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains announced she was retiring from climbing high peaks on Saturday upon her return to ...

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Ben is a journalist, writer, National Geographic Explorer, and humanitarian who has been based in Nepal for over 20 years. He regularly contributes to Outside’s coverage of Mount Everest and Himalayan ...

Kristin Harila hopes her mountaineering magic becomes a foothold for other women looking to reach their zenith – even if that destination isn’t 29,000 feet skyward. Harila, 37, reached the summit of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest female to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the ...

A Norwegian woman and her Nepali Sherpa guide set a new climbing record on Thursday after scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in just over three months, a Pakistani mountaineering official said. “A ...

A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest female to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the world said Thursday that inexperienced climbers should not be allowed to climb the highest ...

Kristin Harila has already climbed six mountains over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) high, including Everest, in the last two months. Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila (L), seen here at the summit of ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating ...

KATHMANDU, June 10 (Reuters) - A Norwegian woman climbed Mount Manaslu in Nepal on Saturday, her ninth highest mountain in 45 days, a hiking official said and was on track to become the fastest ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Austrian-born Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner was 23 years old when she reached the summit of her first 8,000-meter peak. “Already from my childhood, it was my big passion to climb ...