Nicholas Vanderbilt — an heir to the family that rose to great wealth during America's Gilded Age — was 25 when he ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marc-Andre Leclerc loved mountains for the adventure, not for the fame. He achieved incredible things, winter soloing Torre Egger ...
Ethan Berman stops to check the gps, Uisdean Hawthorn instantly sits down while descending off Mount Robson having made the first ascent of Running in the Shadows on the Emperor Face ...
In an amazing feat, Christina Lustenberger and climbing partner Guillaume Pierrel simmited and skied Mount Robson's south face in British Columbia, which had never been done before. Their route, one ...
In 1984, a Vanderbilt heir attempted to climb 12,972-foot-tall Mount Robson for the second time — the first attempt having been thwarted by bad weather But the climb would end in disaster, with he and ...
A PEOPLE story at the time detailed the search and rescue operation that ensued The 12,972-foot-tall Mount Robson, located in the Canadian Rockies, is not for the faint of heart. Even seasoned hikers ...