THE SOUNDS ARE TERRIFYING. Cracks. Crunches. Crumbling. It's as if the enormous mountain outside has come alive tonight and is angry. Or, maybe the entire world is falling apart? Either way, all ...

Peruvian police and mountain rescue workers recovered the body of William Stampfl earlier this month after he went missing in 2002, authorities said.

Nicolas Jaeger, a French physician specializing in sports and high-altitude physiology, conducted an experiment by spending two months on the highest peak in the Peruvian Andes, Huascarán. From ...

Situated in the Cordillera Blanca, the world's highest tropical mountain range, Mount Huascarán rises to 6,768 m above sea-level. The deep ravines watered by numerous torrents, the glacial lakes and ...

Huascaran National Park Snow-capped peaks in the peruvian Andes, Huascaran National Park Mountain Villagers in traditional clothing, at the Q'eswachaka bridge festival, Peru Panorama of Mountains ...

Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud ...

Twenty-second session of the Committee – paragraph VII.27 and Annex IV. Twenty-third ordinary session of the Bureau – paragraph IV.37 New information: The States Party invited a mission to the site ...