Caroline Gleich is best known for climbing Mount Everest and skiing Antarctica’s Mount Vinson, but she measures her impact by ...

By: Ethen Kim Lieser On May 6, 1970, Japanese alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura attempted what many thought was too dangerous at the time—ski down Mount Everest.

His journey to ski Mount Everest was profiled in the 1975 documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest, which became the first sports-related film to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Attempts on Mt. Everest from the north side began in the 1920's by British teams first led by George Mallory, but to no avail. Most significant was Mallory's 1924 British Expedition with Andrew ...

The Marolts formed part of a six-man team last year and attempted to ski from the summit of Mt. Everest, which has an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters). They didn't make it to the top due to ...

PlayAlpinismo film channel: The Man Who Skied Down Everest, the 1976 best documentary Oscar winning film that recounts the incredible story of Yuichiro Miura and the first time man skied on Everest. A ...

Now 45, Allen splits his time between Ophir, Colorado and Alaska — guiding heli-skiing and backcountry touring trips in the San Juans during winter, and running day-to-day operations for Denali ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...

K A T M A N D U, Nepal, Oct. 9 -- A Slovenian ski instructor has become the first person ever to ski nonstop down the steep slopes of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, mountaineering ...