“A tourist follows a trail, a mountaineer finds one.” Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner. Widely ...

You'll be in good company for "The Last Happy Night of Your Life." That's the name given for the current tour by The Mountain Goats and Kaki King, which stops at Club Congress Wednesday. Though if you ...

Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...

Goats and sheep might not seem like elite fighters, but in the mountains they are surprisingly powerful survival specialists. With incredible climbing ability, wide-angle vision, and skulls built to ...

On a recent hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos, our group of four encountered mountain goats and their young several times along the trail. We were careful not to get too close or impede their path ...

Mountain Goats mastermind John Darnielle is rarely sharper than on "Sax Rohmer #1," which kicks off "Heretic Pride." Insistent guitar and percussion give way to brisk melodic passages and line after ...