Nepalese for "mother's necklace," Ama Dablam resides in the Khumbu Valley and is recognized as one of the world's most ...

Bhutan leads the world with 98.8 per cent of its land classified as mountainous. Its average elevation exceeds 10,000 feet, ...

A woman has become the first from America to reach the summit of all 14 of the world’s tallest mountains. Tracee Metcalfe, 50, from Vail, Colorado, completed the feat on Friday by climbing 26,335ft / ...

For Naperville’s Lucy Westlake, trailblazing isn’t something she’d call a daily pastime. But the 21-year-old mountaineer’s trek — across the world, up the tallest peaks and lately, into new fields and ...

Nima Rinji Sherpa’s achievement highlights the role of Sherpas in an activity where they shoulder much of the risk but receive little glory. By Yan Zhuang Last fall, Nima Rinji Sherpa, then 17, was in ...