Mountains have always been more than just towering landforms; they symbolise mystery, power, and the resilience of nature.

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Aconcagua:  The Seven Summits During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest mountain i ...

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

What a mountain he chose! Harmon plans to scale Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, which soars over 19,000 feet. This will be no ...

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

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 ...

After a recent story, several readers asked us whether a restricted area in Colombia was open to climbers again. Here's what ...

Sun Guo Shan, a 38-year-old Chinese climber, is making headlines for scaling China’s tallest mountains using only his hands.

home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest. A permit to climb the 8,849 meter (29,032 feet) Mount Everest will cost $15,000, said Narayan Prasad Regmi ...