Nepal's Department of Tourism is determined to enlarge its list of 8,000m peaks by adding six secondary summits on ...

Nepal bans solo climbs on Mount Everest and all 8,000m peaks, enforcing stricter rules, higher fees, and eco-measures. Here’s ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

Two experienced hikers were rescued from the tallest mountain in the Northeast after ... by the time the agency began a rescue operation at 8:30 p.m., Holmes said. McKee said that despite wearing ...

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

The switching of names twice in a decade seems odd in itself. Obama announced the change back to the old Denali to celebrate ...

Two different mountain climbers, two different approaches to the tallest mountain in Alaska. People present as a ...

For those seeking big mountain adventures, there's nowhere better than the Himalaya. Located primarily in Nepal, the Himalaya boast 8 of the world's tallest mo ...