Adventurers Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay stand atop the world as the first climbers to reach the summit. Read more.

Kanu Nwankwo, fondly called Papilo, owned London Properties besides a luxury car collection, while in his active days as a professional footballer.

Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.

Standing at 3,840 meters (12,602 feet), it is the highest peak in Nagaland and one of the most pristine locations in Northeast India. Despite its breathtaking beauty, it remains relatively unknown, ...

Amsterdam’s highest rooftop garden will open on the roof of the Nemo Science Museum on Thursday. Mayor Femke Halsema will cut the ribbon to the rooftop park, which is a gift to the city and will be ...

MANILA, Philippines — A 70-year-old woman went viral after she climbed Mt. Apo in Davao, the highest mountain in the Philippines. In a Facebook post of Lumad Outdoors, Letecia Sobebe climbed the ...

Few places are home to as many superlative natural features and contrasts as Greenland, an island 80 percent covered in ice, marked by near-pristine wilderness with a silence so absolute it feels ...

Tajik National Park (2,611,674 ha in area) encompasses almost the entire Pamir Mountains, the third highest mountain ecosystem in the world after the Himalaya and Karakorum Mountains. The Pamir ...

It’s not only the park’s third-tallest peak but also the home to the LeConte Lodge, an iconic spot that has welcomed hikers for 100 years. (At 6,360 feet, it’s the highest-elevation lodge east of the ...

Listen to Story Indian climber Rakesh Bishnoi died after summiting Mount Lhotse He passed away near Yellow Band close to Camp IV on descent Mount Lhotse is world's fourth-highest peak at 8,516 metres ...

In a monumental feat of human endurance, Lady Sub-Inspector Geeta Samota of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has successfully scaled Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,849 ...

Two years ago, Álvarez was honored for becoming the first woman in the Americas to climb the world’s five highest mountains: Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu. Three years ...