ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One hundred people have lost their lives climbing North America’s tallest peak, and a high number of them have been Japanese. The most recent to perish were Tatsuro Yamada, 27, and ...

The body of a climber who was ascending Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, has been found two days after he fell approximately 3,000 feet, the National Park Service said. Alex Chiu, 41, ...

Seattle resident Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet from the Mount McKinley West Buttress climbing route onto the Peters Glacier, according to the National Park Service. He was 41 years old. On ...

Mount McKinley’s West Buttress is pictured. A 41-year-old Seattle man fell to his death from the mountain, officials said. National Park Service Climbers were on an icy Alaska mountain when they saw a ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on North America's tallest peak, officials said Wednesday — the second death of this year's climbing season on Alaska's Mount McKinley.

Rescuers flew two more injured climbers from Mount McKinley this afternoon, according to the National Park Service. The pair was among the ill-fated, four-person expedition that left one climber dead ...

A climber who died high on Mount McKinley Thursday has now been identified by the National Park Service as 38-year-old Beat Niederer of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Neiderer was on a rope team of four ...

Pair, called experienced climbers, fell near the 19,000-foot mark. May 18, 2007 — -- Two Washington state climbers fell 1,900feet to their deaths during a descent of Mount McKinley, ...