Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

Mauna Kea When you think of the tallest mountains, instinctively, Mount Everest comes to mind. But here's a shocker: Mauna ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

Starting in September, climbers hoping to summit the world's highest mountain will have to pay $15,000 during peak season, up ...

Dehariya's expedition marks her fifth successful summit under her ambitious 'Seven Summits' mission, which involves scaling the highest mountains on each continent. She has previously conquered Mount ...

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 ...

Nepal has sharply increased permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent and also introduced a ... Very few climbers use biodegradable bags to transport waste from the summit, the report ...

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, conquering the world's highest peak has been a goal of almost every serious mountaineer on the planet.

The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world's ...

including Everest, the influx of foreign climbers provides a crucial source of income and employment opportunities. The increased fees will apply to those seeking to summit the 8,849-meter (29,032 ...