All news on the topic: Climbing

Renowned mountain guide David Vigouroux, 50, is among four people to have died during an avalanche in the Valley of Hell in central France at an altitude of 5,250ft

The debutant event of the last Olympics has seen accelerated growth and for GB's most decorated competitor, Shauna Coxsey, a "wild" competition in Paris will bring it to an even higher level

Authorities rescued two men from the avalanche on Thursday but it later transpired a third was with them backcountry skiing - a body was discovered on Friday afternoon

When a Uruguayan plane carrying 45 passengers crashed into the remote Andes mountains in 1972, survivors were forced to resort to cannibalism in a desperate attempt to stay alive

As a result, more than one in five often feel lonely - and 72% would love to make some new pals, according to the research

Brave rescuers from the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team saved a climber who became stranded in 'horrendous' conditions near Coire an t-Sneachda in the Scottish Highlands

WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGE: The difficulty of just placing one foot in front of the other at such a height makes taking frozen bodies off the mountainside for a respectful burial impossible

A sport-loving woman has told how she offended her brother and his wife after booking them onto an exercise class that 'belittled' her sister-in-law and made her feel 'fat'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Children and their parents watched on in horror when a man dressed as Grandfather Frost - Russia's Father Christmas - fell more than 240ft to his death in Chelyabinsk, Russia

WARNING, DISTRESSING FOOTAGE: Mount Marapi in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia erupted on Sunday spewing white-and-grey ash plumes about 9,800ft (3,000m) into the air and leaving dozens of climbers trapped and waiting for rescue

Victim Leilson Barros de Souza was hit by the bolt as he led a group up a mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While hiker Karlla Concei o Ara jo da Silva was filming the stunning views, she captured the moment the bolt struck the guide

Toby Roberts made six-hour journeys to hone his craft and is now set to represent Team GB on the biggest stage

The reviled paedophile TV personality lived in the property at Allt-na-Reigh and it is believed he abused 20 of his victims there before his death in 2011

A funeral service was held today for Jessica Baker, 15, who was killed in a bus crash on the M53 as the vehicle travelled from Chester to West Kirby Grammar School

Tom Gerbier has been identified as the hiker who tragically lost his life whilst embarking on a trip to Mount Whitney at the Sequoia National Park in California

When it comes to taking care of your beloved rose plants, timing is everything and undertaking this particular task in the middle of autumn could kill off the very new growth you're trying to encourage

American traveller Anna Gutu, 32, and her guide, Mingmar Sherpa from Nepal, were reported missing. The pair were were later confirmed dead

An unnamed hiker in hot water with his boss was saved by his employer's call over not showing up for work, as he was trapped and unconscious on the side of a mountain when the call was placed

Simon Yates, from Leicestershire, is one of the most famous and accomplished British mountaineers of his time, but is best known for his harrowing expedition to the Andes

The body of missing hiker Adam Fuselier has been found by search teams after he went missing on a Montana mountain last week. Search crews found the body on Reynolds Mountain

Mountaineers have been accused of climbing over Mohammad Hassan as he suffered from fatal injuries after he was hit by an avalanche whilst he attempted to reach the top of the K2

Tony Hudgell was greeted at the top of Orrest Head by mountaineering legend Sir Chris Bonington and Hari Budha Magar, a double amputee who recently scaled Everest

Aonach Eagach in the Scottish Highlands is known as one of the most difficult routes in the UK and becomes a "greased ladder" when it rains, according to experts

A woman died after falling 500 feet while free-solo climbing a part of Ypsilon Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park earlier this week. Authorities have yet to release her name

Police in the Chamonix region said today the unnamed hiker was taking a difficult track near the Bionnassay glacier, the smallest on the French side of the Mont-Blanc massif