Tsering Tendar and Dechen Ngodrup on the top of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica. (Photo provided by Tsering Tendar) For most people, the age of 29 marks only the beginning of their ...

At the top of Mount Vinson, Arsova looked out at a world divided. Everything below her feet was awash in a sea of white; above was blue sky lit by the 24-hour sun.

The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. While some ambitious mountaineers will attempt winter climbs on ...

Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November through March, when the sun shines 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around 12°F to 30°F ...

The Lowville doctor who climbed almost to the top of Mount Everest in May is on his way to Antarctica to climb Mount Vinson.

The sun has risen on Mount Vinson. T he Antarctic summer runs from late November through March, when the sun burns 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around -20°C (-29°F). This period opens ...

A traffic jam on Mount Everest may have impeded efforts to carry him down the mountain before he ... "Mt. Vinson-Masiff in Antarctica Jan 7-26th, 2019 and then Mt. Everest in Nepal April/May 2019.

Mount Tyree (4,852 meters), the continent’s 2nd highest mountain, is in the background on right and Mount Vinson (4,897 meters), the highest massif, is in left background. Photograph by Gordon ...

Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb the world’s highest peak, has died at age 77. Tabei reached the 29,000-foot summit of Mount Everest in 1975.

The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. While some ambitious mountaineers will attempt winter climbs on ...