As for the highest country in the world, there's only one that lives entirely above 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) in elevation: ...

A climbing team from Washington, led by Jim Whittaker, of Seattle, was preparing an assault on K2 in Pakistan.

Thus, Llewelyn is sometimes cited as Wales’ second highest mountain, despite being its third highest peak ... the runners who take on the six-day Dragon’s Back Race, one of the world’s most legendary ...

Rescuers in Scotland say one climber died and another was seriously injured in a fall on Ben Nevis, the U.K.'s highest ...

For Naperville’s Lucy Westlake, trailblazing isn’t something she’d call a daily pastime. But the 21-year-old mountaineer’s trek — across the world, up the tallest peaks and lately, into ...

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

He finished his first peak in January 2024, when he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania — the world’s tallest freestanding mountain — in nine days. In recent months, Faatz has been ...

But few places are as intriguing as the world’s second largest continent’s highest mountain, which is a snow-capped volcano that rises 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level and has five ...

The highest bridges in the United States are as spectacular as the tallest buildings and skyscrapers across the country.