Climber

Top Greek alpinist Antonios Sykaris, who has climbed the tallest mountains on earth, died in the mountain range of Dhaulagiri, Nepal on Tuesday. Sykaris was the only Greek alpinist and the first and only Greek who has climbed five mountain...

Mountaineer Christina Flampouri hoisted the Greek flag on the highest peak of Antarctica on Monday, January 6th after the triumphant completion of her ambitious "Seven Summits" quest. Flampouri became the first Greek woman to accomplish this stellar achievement, reaching the...

An intensive search operation to locate a 64-year-old Polish man who went missing in Crete's Chania region on April 13 has now been called off. Search teams have not located the man, nor any sign of where his body...

A female climber, who fell while hiking near the peak of Stefani or "Thronos Dios" (Throne of Zeus) at a height of about 2,800 metres, has been transferred to the "Giosos Apostolidis" mountain hut, after a rescue helicopter was...

A large operation is underway by the Hellenic Rescue Team in Mount Olympus since Saturday morning to rescue a female climber who fell while climbing near the peak of Stefani or "Thronos Dios" (Throne of Zeus) at a height...

A 55-year-old hiker was killed at Mount Olympus on Monday, two days after the death of another climber, on Saturday. The man and another hiker fell off a cliff and were badly injured in the Kalogeros area of the mountain. Emergency...

THESSALONIKI, (AP) — Police say a 59-year-old Greek man has died in an accident while climbing Mount Olympus, Greece 's highest mountain. The man was close to the 2,917-meter (9,570-feet) summit, when he slipped and dropped more than 200 meters...