So easy, in fact, that a whimsical Englishman once won a bet that he could reach the summit without ever touching the mountain ... up hand over hand on nylon ropes, they climbed only 420 ft.

The Signal Mountain Fire Department got that call. According to Amy Maxwell, from the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management, their Rope and Rescue team entered the trails headed towards ...

German mountain guide Robert Jasper has made a rope solo first ascent of Meltdown up the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. Robert Jasper has completed a new rock climb up the North Face of the ...