Measles is making a global comeback. In Switzerland, a crisis is unlikely – but authorities warn a strong vaccination rate ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak. The ...

(Web Desk) – Pakistani climber Sirbaz Khan has made history by becoming the first from his country to summit all 14 of the world’s highest mountains—each towering ... meet his original goal of ...

completing a journey that began in 2017 and has taken him to the summits of the world’s most formidable peaks. On Sunday, Khan reached the top of Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest ...

Experts at the 'Mountain Dialogue' in Kathmandu emphasize the global responsibility to conserve mountains, underscoring their role in supporting life on Earth. Discussions highlighted the Himalayas' ...

Trey Carlock was 28 when he died by suicide. He was one of at least six victims sexually abused at Camp Kanauk in Missouri. Camp official Pete Newman is currently serving multiple sentences.

An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest, as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak ... permits for its mountains this season.

Mountain climbing, trekking and tourism is a significant source of income and employment for Nepal, which is home to eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks. But the Himalayan nation, one of the ...

The Washington Post set off alarm bells last month after it reported that New Mexico's Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks is among the six national ... directly privatize them and sell them off to the ...

Dozens of hikers are preparing to tackle Staffordshire's three highest peaks in memory of a volunteer who died of cancer. Wendy Jones, who helped hundreds of children by volunteering at FC Hanley ...

AUSTIN, Texas – The calendar only says May ... The hottest conditions continue to peak on Thursday, when additional all-time heat records for the month of May could be shattered.

At least four of the 11 deaths on the peak that year were blamed on overcrowding. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of climbers each spring, when ...