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Guadalupe Mountains National Parks may be one of the most remote in the U.S., but it's also one of the most unique.
French 7’3” NBA star Victor Wembanyama may have just unlocked a new position: Shaolin monk. Wembanyama, who ended last season ...
The giant groundsel, a plant that looks like a pineapple crossed with a saguaro cactus, colonized the flanks of Africa's tallest mountain up to 1 million years ago and has not budged since.
Mount Elbrus, located in Russia, is the highest mountain in Europe and a dormant volcano. Its west summit rises to 5,642 meters above sea level, making it one of the Seven Summits– the tallest ...
More than 600 international climbers and their Nepali guides had made it to the summit of the world’s highest mountain. At one point there were an estimated 2,000 people in the tent city on the Khumbu ...
Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.
Along the way, the trail hits the tallest mountains in the eastern U.S. and passes through rolling farms in the Piedmont, but the last 82 miles is predominantly a beach walk passing between tall ...
The climber and ski mountaineer, who died on a peak in Nepal, was driven to seek challenges that stretched her endurance to the limit. Hilaree Nelson was one of the world’s most accomplished ski ...
Li Haorong, a 17-year-old student from Beijing, reached the summit of the world's highest peak ... Chinese male to reach the summit from the mountain's northern slope. He is also the first ...
North America is known for its mountains, rivers, and lakes ... in Canada and wind for more than 60 miles along the south shore of Lake Athabasca. The tallest dune here reaches a height of 100 feet, ...