This post is the first of several that will serve to acquaint Viesturs to a general audience (you may already know him from his Rolex watch commercials). With this post are my photos of a , a ...

SEATTLE – As he hit the peak of his career as perhaps America’s most accomplished mountain climber, Ed Viesturs decided to retire.When he reached the summit of 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal ...

Ed Viesturs is a climber, outdoor equipment designer, corporate speaker, and an author of The Mountain: My Time on Everest. Can you make climbing Mount Everest safe? Not really. Whenever you’re ...

In Part 1 of our interview series with American mountaineer Ed Viesturs ... as Viesturs puts it. Following are edited excerpts from a longer phone conversation with the celebrated climber.

Ed Viesturs, known as "The Chevy truck of mountaineering ... You have to be a good climber to climb Mt. Everest safely. It's steep, it's exposed, there's rock, there's snow, there's ice.

That’s according to renowned mountaineer Ed Viesturs. The bestselling author, who has stood on top of the world’s highest peak seven times, urged climbers looking to make the historic journey ...

Bainbridge Island climber Ed Viesturs has reached the summit of 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal, becoming the first American and one of only 12 climbers ever to stand atop all 14 of the world’s ...

The whole series of events did not sit well with Ed Viesturs, the legendary alpinist ... On October 7, American climber Anna Gutu and her guide Mingma Sherpa died in an avalanche on 26,335 ...

On May 12, Bainbridge Island climber Ed Viesturs, 45, stood on the peak of 26,545-foot Annapurna, the planet's 10th-highest mountain. Reaching the top of the Nepalese giant (and getting back down ...

<a href="http://www.edviesturs.com/">Ed Viesturs</a> has helped guide hundreds of climbers to the summits of the world’s highest peaks. Now, the Bainbridge Island ...

Hampered by the heavy accumulation of snow and threatened by avalanche danger, famed West Seattle climber Ed Viesturs has given up his attempt this year to climb Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest ...