The author has launched a YouTube series and collection of essays to address questions raised over his 1997 book about Mount ...

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

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What is the highest place on earth? You might say Mount Everest, towering at more than 29,035 feet above sea level, is the highest point on our planet. That’s a ...

We were five Americans, our guide Sunil and six Sherpa porters. Our trek was from Lukla, Nepal to Mount Everest base camp.

Shane Boyd, an avid adventurer from Fermanagh, has set his sights on conquering Mount Everest as part of his mission to complete the Seven ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

Nepal has officially banned solo expeditions to all mountains above 8,000 meters, including Mount Everest, by amending its mountaineering regulations, according ...

Everest Group, the global insurer and reinsurer, has estimated its pre-tax net catastrophe losses from the California ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

Hari Budha Magar, an adventurer and disability campaigner, is aiming to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the Seven Summits.