With a competent guide, active volcano treks are both safe and worth the climb. Here are some of the biggest active volcanoes ...

In 2019, while in Peru as a camp counselor, Tyler Andrews set his first Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 37.9-mile Salkantay Inca Trail, which leads to the summit of Machu Picchu. Andrews’s time beat ...

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts has been the buzz of the nation ...

Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been ...

A Brazilian tourist who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers has been found dead, the Brazilian ...

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

Another mountain with an interesting claim to be the world's "highest" is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. Due to the Earth's equatorial bulge, its peak can be said to be the closest to the sun.

The second highest point on Earth, the summit of K2 in the Karakoram range between Pakistan and China, is only 28,251 feet above sea level. The World’s Tallest Mountain ...

He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed. By Richard Sandomir For 60 years ...

Baltazar Ushca, ‘last iceman’ of Ecuador’s highest peak, dies at 80 By Brian Murphy The Washington Post,Updated October 31, 2024, 11:56 p.m.

We retired early 14 years ago and moved abroad because the US was too expensive. We set our sights on Cuenca, Ecuador, which has moderate weather and is super walkable. Our cost of living is much ...