A former Gurkha who became the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest is closing in on a mammoth challenge to ...

Dhaulagiri I, also known as the White Mountain, is the 7th-highest peak in Nepal. Learn its Sanskrit meaning, its unique ...

FILE - Mount Rainier (14,410 ft.) is the highest volcano and largest glaciated mountain in the contiguous United States and a ...

Steve Stevens still doesn’t have an answer to a question he was first asked in August, right after he’d finished climbing Mount Elbrus.

Forty years ago, Dick Bass became the first person credited with reaching the tallest point on the world’s seven continents.

Rather than succeeding on extremely technical routes or big faces, the interest of this expedition lies in a young team's exploration of unknown mountains.

Mount Semeru on the island of Java is one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes. Its latest eruption forced hundreds to flee ...

Each of Everest's 8,849 metres became a dedication. A story. A woman. A stand against silence. Now, those 8,849 symbolic metres have been transformed into a monumental installation at Constitution ...

Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest, embarked on her extraordinary journey from a small village, ...

Another frozen body was found on Mount Everest, with melting ice uncovering a man believed to have been missing for decades.

How does the human body cope with the world’s highest peak? At Everest’s “death zone,” oxygen levels drop so low that cells start to die and thinking becomes foggy. Climbers risk brain swelling, fluid ...

Chhonzin Angmo from Himachal Pradesh scaled Mount Everest on May 18 2025 becoming the world’s first visually impaired woman ...