At 8:15 a.m. in Nepal, Kami Rita Sherpa stood on top of Everest for the 21st time. He tied a record held by Apa Sherpa and Phurba Tashi Sherpa. Kami Rita, 47, is a longtime guide with Alpine Ascents, ...

When adventurer Alison Levine arrived at Everest base camp in 2010 as a client of Alpine Ascents International — the Seattle company at the center of Mount Rainier’s worst climbing accident in decades ...

A Nepali-led expedition has completed the first official ascents of two previously unclimbed Himalayan peaks—Chhuama II ...

SEATTLE — Six climbers, including two guides, are missing and presumed dead on Mount Rainier, officials said Saturday. Park rangers said they believe the climbers fell some 3,000 feet and could not ...

Almost a dozen rivers are under major flood conditions, with nearly 2 dozen experiencing some sort of flooding. by Associated Press MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — A Washington state man who was ...

Mount Rainier in a photo from Alpine Ascent's website. SEATTLE -- Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow ...

Last April, Lakpa Rita, head Sherpa for Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International, was eating lunch at Mount Everest Base Camp with no plans to climb any higher. After becoming the first full-time ...

Last Friday’s avalanche on Mount Everest was especially devastating for one Seattle-based mountaineering company. Of the 16 Sherpa guides killed, five of them were employees of Alpine Ascents ...

We have received and published the following open letter entitled 'Alpine sport climbs ground-up first ascents: an art of climbing sportsmanship at risk of trivialisation'. Promoted by Michel Piola, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Alpine Ascent Alpine Ascent is a little chill climbing platformer made for PICO-8. The green bar represents your stamina. When it reaches zero, you cannot ...