A version of this article first appeared on NOVA's Web site Everest. Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no ...

International Mountain Day is observed on December 11. Here are some peaks that mountaineers and trekkers love to scale ...

Rigorous preparation is vital for climbing Mt. Everest. While many training peaks are overseas, some U.S. national parks ...

Climbers attempting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak ... "Mountaineers have been using such bags on Mount Denali (the highest peak in North America) and in the Antarctic as well, that ...

He was the first black African to conquer Denali - the highest peak in North ... especially because climbing Mount Everest is such a dangerous undertaking. "I really hope it goes well because ...

The weather on Mount Everest is always unpredictable ... About the same number die each year on Denali as on Everest. It’s very cold, there are deep crevasses - so it is not a walk in the ...

An Irish mountaineer is hoping to become the oldest Irish person to climb the highest mountains in each of the seven ...