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Mt. Everest is an 'amateur' climb compared to these other peaks, according to a professional mountaineer
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times. He says the world's tallest peak is …
Ellyn Lapointe
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Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, sending 3.5 million cubic feet of rock into the valley below. Scientists warn climate change could make more mountains crumble.
Mt. Fluchthorn's tallest peak collapsed earlier this year, and it's just one of many crumbling exam…
Emily Swaim
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Climbers Are Obsessed With These 14 Eight-Thousander Peaks
According to statistics compiled by Eberhard Jurgalski, co-author of On Top of the World: The New M…
NASA Earth Observatory
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How the highest mountain peak in America is embracing cleaner technology
And while environmental efforts typically come with a higher price tag, propane is the more cost-ef…
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2 women chasing a climbing record across 14 mountains both died in avalanches on their last peak
Two climbers vying to become the first US female to climb the world's 14 tallest mountains died on …
Thibault Spirlet
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What It's Like To Hike One Of The World's Most Dangerous Mountain Trails
"Mount Hua has to be one of my favorite mountain trails by far. It was a body draining affair, phys…
Amanda Macias
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Forget Mt. Everest it's not even close to the most difficult mountains to climb, according to mountaineers
Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more …
Ellyn Lapointe
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A team of climbers just summited 3 of the most challenging peaks in the world. They made it even harder by collecting roughly 2,000 pounds of trash along the way.
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times and seen tons of trash accumulate ove…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Europe's extreme summer is so hot it melted the highest peak in Sweden, and now it's only the second-highest
The warmth in Sweden, much of which is covered in forest, has prompted a spate of wildfires. On Jul…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Crowds, costs, and corpses: 16 misconceptions about what it's like to climb Everest
The recent deaths have been attributed to overcrowding on the mountain, since people were forced to…
Aylin Woodward
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A 30-year-old mountaineer became the first person to successfully ski down K2, the second highest peak in the world - here's the footage
Only 417 people have successfully climbed K2 since it was first summited by an Italian team in 1954…
Jeremy Berke
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I tried to climb the 'plank walk' in China known as 'the most dangerous hike in the world,' but just getting there was the hardest part
Located about an hour from Xi'an, one of China's most popular cities for tourists, Mount Hua or Hua…
Harrison Jacobs
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8 powerful life lessons a tech exec learned when her charity climb to one of the highest summits in the world tested her physically and mentally
As a technology executive, I started mountaineering initially as a charity challenge - and in that …
Elena Kvochko, Contributor
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At least 11 people died on Mount Everest last week. But it's just the 10th deadliest mountain in the Himalayas.
According to NASA's Earth Observatory, Annapurna I - the 10th highest mountain in the world - is th…
Aylin Woodward
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49-yr-old Sherpa climbs Mt Everest for the 23rd time, breaks his own record
A 49-year-old Nepalese climber, Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 23rd time on Wednesda…
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Map Shows When Each State Will Reach 'Peak' Fall Foliage
The ultimate visual planning guide helps travelers (and locals) know when the best times will be to…
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Everest is becoming a conveyor belt of hikers who pay $25,000 to do the climb - these images reveal what the trek really looks like
The film is full of diverse thrill-seekers looking for their next mountain high, including the film…