“I want to live. I want to be around for the people in my life. But to have that control, I need to accept the possibility of death.” Those are the words of George King, better known as the Shard ...

George King is generally a very happy young man. “I want to live to old age,” he tells The Independent. “I love my life.” But every time he enjoys his favourite hobby, he knows there is a very real ...

LONDON, England -- A free climber in London was caught on camera scaling one of the tallest buildings in Europe. The man who climbed The Shard early Monday morning can barely be seen in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — A 21-year-old free climber who ...

A climber was arrested after scaling a 1,000-foot skyscraper in London known as The Shard early Sunday, according to local reports. Video posted on social media shows the climber making his way up the ...

Thom Yorke has tweeted his support for the female climbers who have scaled the monolithic Shard in London today in protest of Shell's arctic drilling plans. The Radiohead and Atoms for Peace frontman ...

Scaling what climbers call "big wall," Yosemite's Half Dome appears impossible at the start: A rock face nearly 500 times taller than a person offers only shard-like holds and fingernail-thin cracks ...