Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryan O'Donaghue; (photo/First Descents) For nearly 25 years, Colorado nonprofit First Descents has taken cancer survivors on free ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 11, 1985, Pierre Gevaux made the first paragliding descent from the summit of an 8,000m peak, soaring down from 8,034m ...

The summit of Great Trango Tower was bleeding close. But even once they reached it, Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger, Jim Morrison, and Chantel Astorga would only be halfway to their goal — to make a ...

Sam Smoothy and Will Rowntree have amassed an impressive catalog of first descents in their native land of New Zealand. Shielded in icy armor, Aoraki/Mt. Cook looms 12,218 feet above New Zealand. The ...

On October 17, professional ski mountaineers Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger and Guillaume “Gee” Pierrel sunk their ice tools into the shoulder of New Zealand’s highest peak, 12,218-foot Aoraki, also ...

The Klamath River Dam Removal First Descent youth kayaking trip will come to an end on Friday in Klamath for the First Descent Reception. The group will participate in some reflection on their ...

A group of Native American youth recently completed the first full descent of the Klamath River since the four largest dams on the river were removed last fall. Kayakers traveled more than 300 miles ...