MALAYSIA: Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia’s highest peak at 4,095 metres, has long enticed adventurers worldwide. However, a series ...

Alistair Carns, with three special forces veterans, hopes to travel from London to the summit of Everest and back within one ...

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women took their first steps in a historic feat. Led by Alas ...

The instrument was developed by a team at the Mount Washington Observatory, and spent a year on Mount Everest before being ...

Carstensz Pyramid, the lowest and least-known of the Seven Summits, attracts an increasing number of those hoping to climb ...

The Mount Everest Season Begins The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest. The ...

Nepalese mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 29th time. In doing so, he sharpened his ...

Climbing Season to Begin on Mt. Everest Climbers from around the world will soon complete their Mt. Everest preparations, and their expeditions will depart for ...

Following a severe earthquake in the Tibetan highlands around Mount Everest at the beginning of the year, authorities have reopened the area around the world's highest mountain to the public. China's ...

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian-born mountaineer, became the first woman to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without the help of oxygen or porters.

In 1970, they became the first group of women to reach the top of the Alaskan mountain — but the odds were against them.

He is the fourth person in the world to reach the tallest peak of each continent. After summiting Mt. Everest, Tabin spent time in Nepal and witnessed a Dutch team perform cataract surgery on a woman ...