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The 10 highest mountains in the world – and when they were first climbed
All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...
Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer
Vittorio Sella was a pioneering Italian photographer whose work at the turn of the 20th Century shaped both mountain ...
World's tallest mountain is 10km tall — 20 football pitches taller than Everest
Mount Everest is indeed the world's highest mountain, with its peak standing at 8,849m (that's 8.8km) above the ocean.
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Nepal Seeks to Add Summits to the Iconic 8,000-Meter Peaks
The world’s 14 highest mountains all rise from the Himalaya in Tibet and Nepal – the iconic 8,000-meter peaks, eight of which reside in Nepal. Now, Nepal’s Department of Tourism seeks to ...
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One of the youngest women to summit Mount Everest explains the 'unwritten rule' of leaving corpses on the mountain
In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...
The terrifying 326m 'world's tallest' outdoor elevator so fast users warned not to blink
Built onto a cliffside in an area dominated by 200-metre high sandstone rockfaces sits the world's tallest outdoor elevator, ...
Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.
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2 mountaineers, 2 names for North America’s tallest mountain
Two different mountain climbers, two different approaches to the tallest mountain in Alaska. People present as a ...