The sudden influx of sightseers at Mount Etna has become a safety risk for everyone, head of Sicily's regional Civil ...

Back then, it was a regional list, conceived as an objective way to determine which mountains in the Indonesian archipelago would probably be worth attempting to hike at weekends. We developed the ...

Tucked away in the French Alps, Ecrins National Park is a stunning, untamed wilderness of snow-capped summits, glacial ...

There have been a few sketchy moments during Nathan Longhurst’s mission to do New Zealand’s 100-peak challenge in one season. While climbing in Aoraki National Park in November, he disturbed an ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

For those who thought 2025 was going to be just another year, New Zealand had other plans for its mountains. In a move that left the internet equal parts confused, amused, and existentially troubled, ...

Russ Cook, a.k.a. Hardest Geezer, has announced his next mind-boggling endurance challenge. Last year, the 27-year-old from Sussex made headlines across the globe when he managed to run the length of ...

Russ Cook will run the length of Aotearoa New Zealand along one of the world’s most diverse trails Te Araroa, which has a ...

"New Zealand, I couldn't think of a better place ... "We're looking at about 10 Mount Everests in 10 weeks of elevation gain," Cook said. "So you're just going to be scaling mountains. We've also got ...

Russ Cook expects the 300,000ft elevation – the equivalent of 10 Mount Everests – to be the most challenging part of his journey ...

Now, the endurance athlete is going to run the full 1,864 mile length of New Zealand via the Te Araroa ... while navigating a mix of terrains, from mountains, forests and sea crossings to ...