An elite U.S. Air Force mountain-climbing team that includes an Ashland High School graduate made it to the roof of the world Sunday.

A tropical storm boiling up in the Bay of Bengal has temporarily delayed an effort by an elite U.S. Air Force mountain-climbing team to begin its ascent of Mount Everest.

Ten years ago, a 20-year-old Jess Roskelley had all sorts of modern technology at his fingertips when he seized a moment of fame as the youngest American to climb Mount Everest.

Brian Mosbaugh says that walking a thin rope hundreds of feet above the ground provides no adrenaline rush.

When 60-year-old Mark Wegener and his daughters Courtney and Kaycee climbed 14,179-foot Mount Shasta last month, he couldn't help thinking about his dad, Bud Wegener, all the way up.

LOS ANGELES — For generations, the book survived in a metal box on California's rooftop — a small, khaki-colored volume whose pages held a story of ephemeral encounters with an enduring place.