Three mountaineers in Austria ran into poor weather, and one mountaineer got left behind. It took a 14-hour rescue effort to bring him home.

Tommy Caldwell recently went up El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park and got an incredible view as the sun set. See it here.

A motel reported a guest missing after the person failed to check out. Search-and-rescue crews located the person’s body on Mount Whitney.

A climber was 30 feet off the ground when yellowjackets began swarming his friend who was belaying him. They were each stung over 100 times.

A climber fell from a cliff face called “Power Dome,” landed on a rock ledge, and needed rescue due the severity of his injuries.

An avalanche hit the Bezengi Gorge of Russia, killing at least 11 climbers, according to Russian news outlets.

A father in Japan abandoned his seven-year-old son partway up Mount Fuji so that he could summit the peak with his other child.

Earlier this week, an accident presumably related to rock climbing claimed the life of Jake Whisenant, a speed-climbing record holder.

Mountaineer Nims Purja’s body has been recovered from Broad Peak after an avalanche, and his haunting last voice message is circulating.

Imagine being mid-climb when you spot a snake where your next hold is supposed to be. Watch what happens here.