"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer ...

A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick ...

This wild Himalayan region, home to several of the world’s tallest peaks, including Mount Everest, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, and Makalu, is the Yeti’s key habitat and the location of most of its ...

In the early hours of 16 May, the Everest climbing team departed from Camp 2, heading towards the bergschrund at the base of ...

This article guides you through each trek—what makes them uncommon, when to go, what to expect—and how they collectively ...

If you’ve ever dreamed of running in a place that feels otherworldly, where every breath reminds you you’re alive, and every ...

A satellite image of Hkakabo Razi, the tallest peak in Myanmar. Credit: NASA, Landsat 8 ETM + Hkakabo Razi is an intimidating ...

A climber from Leigh conquered three Himalayan peaks in a single expedition last month, making him the fourth person to ever complete the challenge ...

One local family is grateful to welcome their daughter back home after her mountain climbing achievement. Two weeks ago, Katelyn Sims was scaling Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Sims ...

Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May 23 as part of a five-person expedition guided by Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International. And she didn’t stop there. After returning to camp ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the ...

Keval Kakka has become the first Indian to scale eight of the world’s fourteen 8,000-metre-plus peaks. Mountaineering is just ...