Ground rescues are rare and dangerous, often leading to more fatalities. Over 300 climbers have died in this zone, their ...

Siffredi held the record for the first uninterrupted snowboard descent from Mount Everest, but the allure of boarding the ...

Mount Etna has again captivated the world with a spectacular show. The volcano that towers over eastern Sicily spewing smoke ...

Ernie Dabiero retired from 40 years of government service a few months before embarking on the cross-country tent camping ...

Above 8000 metres, the human body starts to die. We explore every way in which the worlds tallest mountain tries to kill you.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay created history by summiting Mt Everest, the world’s highest peak. On its anniversary, here ...

Kami Rita Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 31st time, leading an Indian Army team to the top this month. With over three decades of climbing and a summit count unmatched in ...

The Sherpas are a Tibetan ethnic group hailing from the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Tibet. The term is Tibetan for ...

Here’s 11 ‘facts’ you were probably taught at school which were either never true in the first place or are no longer correct. If you went to school before 2006 you probably learned there were nine ...

Near the summit of our short-and-sweet hike to a popular viewpoint on Saint Lucia’s dazzling coastline, our young guide ...

The Challenger Deep plunges to an estimated 10,935 metres (roughly 6.8 miles) below sea level - more than 1.2 miles farther from sea level than the peak of Mount Everest. The depression is named ...

Mount Everest towers above the planet, seemingly aloof and independent of the activities of those of us closer to sea level. But what humans do affects the mountain, and what the mountain does affects ...