Nepal has banned solo expeditions on Mount Everest and other peaks over 8000m. Stricter guidelines now require one mountain ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

The two peaks lie deep beneath the Earth's surface. Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific ...

Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific Ocean, a groundbreaking research, published in the ...

The AOAN has warned that the ban could have severe repercussions on Nepal's tourism industry, particularly as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. It has highlighted the risk of ...

Officials said a mountain lion seen on Mount Helena is believed to be heading south and they encouraged people outdoors in that area in the evening and early morning hours to be cautious.

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Jan. 15 (UPI) --The U.S. Forest Service said rangers stationed in the California mountains came to the rescue of "a particularly unprepared Mount Shasta climber" -- a goose. The Forest Service's ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — A former dance coach at D.C. Everest has reached a plea deal with the state for charges related to missing funds from the team’s operating accounts. Alexandria Villiard was in ...

Prices were equal across the board for both the top horned and poll rams at the Mount Ascot and Jolly Jumbuck Merino ram sale on Wednesday, January 15.