The Himalaya is often referred to as the third ... At 92 years old, Kancha is the only surviving member of the first summit ascent of Mount Everest expedition, led by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...

Tibet, meanwhile, is behaving like a giant roadblock that prevents the Himalaya from moving northward. Under the peaks and under most of Tibet the Indian plate is apparently gliding along almost ...

A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice of one of the mountain’s most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point ...

This article uncovers the highest mountains in Asia and their breathtaking altitudes, with the Himalayas' peaks dominating the list.

This is the story of early expeditions to British Columbia's Mount Waddington, known as the Mystery Mountain because of its ...

Professor Duncan Quincey will lead an expedition to Mount Everest, where the scientists will be camping on ice in nighttime ...

Seventy-two years after Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mount Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on his grandfather's philanthropic legacy.

On the north side of the Himalaya sits the partially reconstructed ... It is the sacred threshold to Mount Everest, with the most dramatic views in the world. One of the first British explorers ...

The extraordinary animals and remarkable people who make their home in the Rockies. Mount Sneffels in the San Juan Mountains Extreme mountaineer Hilaree O'Neil climbing in the San Juan Mountains ...