Fueled by the passion that fires the big engines that do and all those little engines that think they can, millions of stir crazy college football fans are geared up for another exhilarating climb to the summit of Bowl Championship Series Mountain.

Summit Daily readers send us some great images from the past week or so. Copper Mountain's Kim Fenske, who has been diligently sending us shots of his mountain-climbing adventures all summer, turned his lens on some of the waning days of summer at Copper .

There are three types of mountain climbing. The first one is common in underdeveloped countries, where people venture into the mountains to get food and wood rather than for pleasure.

Traveling the earth to scale its highest peaks, Brian Dickinson is also looking for ways to do some good in the world on the way.

Dan Woolley stood about as tall as your kid brother when he was in middle school, but he left a huge impression on those who knew him.

It was, Manny Pacquiao said, an unusually subdued news conference Wednesday at the Chelsea Piers for his Nov.

An Austrian mountain rescuer is recovering after breaking his leg on a climbing trip in Croatia, it has been announced.

The ledger atop Granite Peak, placed there for climbers to sign when they reach the summit, recently had a new signature added to it.

Nelson Rocks Preserve is an outdoor recreation area located in the scenic North Fork Valley of Pendleton County, West Virginia.

It's going to be a long trek up one of the world's largest mountains, but a Kelowna man is looking forward to it.

Australian police were Monday waiting atop Sydney's 57-storey Lumiere Building to arrest world-renowned free-climbing specialist Alain Robert.

Bruce Miller climbing overhanging 5.11 cracks on the second to last pitch. The top half of this pitch is new ground between two existing aid routes, Enos Mills Wall and Jack of Diamonds on Longs Peak.

CALGARY a ' A University of Calgary professor was recovering in hospital this weekend after he fell roughly 20 metres and was left dangling on a cliff face while rock climbing in Banff National Park.

Since its establishment in 1983, Pack, Paddle, Ski has organized outdoor adventure travel for more than 5,000 clients in 20 countries on every continent.

Editor's note: Journal Outdoors writer Elizabeth Shaw recently spent 15 days in Ecuador.

South Korea's Oh Eun-Sun is believed to be the first woman to have successfully climbed the world's 14 highest mountain peaks , though one of her climbs was disputed around last week of April.

Switzerland has all those beautiful things which make it more attractive such as mountains, valleys, forests, meadows, glaciers, lakes, rivers, cities and authentic villages.

An Austrian teenager suffered serious injuries in a five-metre fall while mountain-climbing in Croatia.

The most prolific Rockies photographer of all time has produced four new pictorial books devoted to his favourite mountain range.

I learned some good life lessons recently on a five-day high-altitude climbing expedition in Ecuador - "Drink lots of water." "Don't look down." And my personal favorite: "Be careful what you wish for." Yep, that's the one that'll stick with me.