Early on Oct. 9, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa took the final, labored steps to the pointy summit of Shishapangma (26,335 feet), the ...

The Antarctic Summer The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. While som ...

The Cog Railway was built in 1869 and brings tourists to a New Hampshire summit that showman P.T. Barnum called "the second ...

Aconcagua belongs to the renowned Seven Summits group - the highest peak on each of the seven continents. This mountain attracts mountaineers from around the world seeking to climb the Seven ...

Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres and the tallest peak outside of Asia, rises to 22,841 ...

With Jost Kobusch making his third attempt this season, it is a good time to look back at Everest's winter climbing history.

Mountains fascinate us with their massive size and stunning beauty. Some of us stare in admiration, while others want to climb them. The higher the summit, the more we are drawn to it. While Mount ...

The mountainous complex consists of a group of five bare rock peaks, with the highest point, Bektau- Ata, reaching 1,214m. Some of these mountains are connected by a maze of ridges and canyons, which ...

An eight-year old schoolboy from Somerset is one of the youngest people to have climbed a major mountain in Africa. Max ...

What makes Mount Everest so special? Learn about the formation and fate of the world’s tallest mountain.

If you're wondering about the history of Irish climbers scaling Mount Everest, it has been climbed a total of 82 times by ...