Toranosuke Nagayama and his two climbing partners spent more than two years planning a major expedition on Denali. “Alaskan climbing is very special,” Nagayama said. “We are really interested in that, ...

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Subaru Takeda, Genya Takenaka, and Toranosuke Nagayama take a selfie while climbing a route on Denali. (Courtesy of Subaru Takeda) Toranosuke Nagayama and his two climbing partners spent more than two ...

James "KG" Kagambi, 62, is a well-respected guide and mountaineer. He's a senior instructor at NOLS and the owner of Kagambi Mountain Exploration, a Kenya-based guiding company. He was the first Black ...

Then, when disaster struck at the worst time on their expedition, the team’s actions would decide not only their fate, but how the world would judge them — and all women’s ability to climb and survive ...

Three memories stand out in Jack Kuenzle's mind from his recent expedition to 20,310-foot Denali. On June 5, Kuenzle smashed the Fastest Known Time for ascending and then descending North America's ...

Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais knows full well what he's getting into. In the next few weeks, he hopes to become the first person on Earth to reach the summit of Alaska's Denali (Mount McKinley) on a ...

On June 7, 1913, Alaska Native Walter Harper was the first person to summit Denali, the highest peak in North America. And though the face of our nation has evolved from mostly white to a mosaic of ...