Thrill Seekers

Fred Beckey, the mountaineer known for his many trailblazing first ascents, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 94.

Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, young mountain-climbing couple, die in avalanche and subsequent suicide.

His Everest expedition pioneered the modern U.S. mountaineering and outdoor industry.

Famous climber was known as the Swiss Machine.

Of all the daredevils throughout history, few have been as legendary as the world-renowned circus family, the Flying Wallendas.

Royal Robbins, a rock climbing legend and founder of an outdoor clothing company that bears his name.

Alexander Polli, a skydiver and pioneer of BASE jumping, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in a wingsuit crash in the French Alps. He was 31. Polli’s YouTube videos of wingsuit …

In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb to the summit of Mt Everest.

Believe it or not, world famous traveler and collector of oddities Robert Ripley has been dead more than 65 years. Though Ripley died May 27, 1949, his legacy lives on …

While Steve McQueen lived, he was one of America’s favorite anti-heroes. The actor and daredevil brought us some of our favorite on-screen car chases, performing his own stunts whenever possible. …