Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing partner ascended the Langtang Lirung mountain in the Himalayas – the 99th-highest peak in the world. The 34-year-old ...

the world’s 10th highest peak. Located in the Himalaya, Annapurna I is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. The death rate is 33%, though the number fluctuates with particularly ...

From the dizzying heights of the Himalayas to the remote Andes, Earth’s highest peaks house extraordinary creatures that have ...

Rhys Fitzgerald got to the top of one Himalayan mountain as a warm-up for the world's highest peak. Slovak mountaineer Ondrej Huserka fell while descending the Lantang Lirung mountain in Nepal.

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. Image caption ...

The true winter climbing season in the Himalayas beings on December 21st , and these three teams have plans to attempt climbing three of the highest mountains in the world during the astronomical ...

More than a third of a century has passed since the first winter ascent of a Himalayan giant, at the time with supplementary oxygen, of Everest, the first Eight-thousander to be ascended in the ...