Climbing and then skiing down a mountain that has killed nearly a quarter of anyone who's attempted to climb it sounds like a recipe for disaster. But that wasn't going to stop Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel from taking on K2. The mountain is only 650 feet shorter than Everest, but it's ...

This snowboarders descent of what's essentially an insanely tall wall of ice might not look like a traditional ride, but it took some seriously superhuman will to make it through. The rider starts out attached to a rope until the length runs out and he's on his own. At this point, one wrong move ...