Selah Schneiter defied the odds to summit the iconic rockface, taking five days to complete the climb with her father and a family friend.

10-year-old makes history as she becomes youngest on record to climb El Capitan

Martin Moran's family said they are "deeply saddened by the tragic events unfolding in the Nanda Devi region of the Indian Himalaya".

Missing mountain guide's family 'deeply saddened' following Himalayas avalanche

A photo posted online by climber Nirmal Purja has laid bare an issue being faced by hundreds of Everest hopefuls each year.

Police Scotland said that they were made aware of an avalanche on the UK's highest mountain around 11.50am on Tuesday.

Rescuers have found the bodies of two climbers missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in Pakistan, the Italian ambassador has said.


Tom Ballard and his climbing partner Daniele Nardi have been missing on Nanga Parbat in Pakistan since last Sunday.

Mr Ballard mother Alison Hargreaves was the first woman to climb Mount Everest unaided.

Jamie Andrew, 47, scaled the 14,692ft Alpine summit using prosthetic legs and specially adapted poles.


The two men were caught out by a storm and unseasonably cold weather while scaling the mountain.

Two rock climbers could be just hours away from completing a record-breaking ascent of El Capitan - one of the world's toughest climbs.