Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Fran Stone ran a marathon with her daughter 12 years ago, she figured it was the last major mountain she would climb with ...

Last week, Aug. 30, we ran this incredible account of the first ascent of Mount Marcy, the party arriving at the summit at 10 a.m. on Aug. 5, 1937. The story was written in 1927 by George Marshall, ...

A few years ago, my friend George and I went to the Adirondacks to climb Mt. Marcy, New York’s highest peak. We arrived the night before and parked at Heart Lake. Our plan was to head up the trail ...