When Drummond completed the Seven Second Summits in 2023, she became the first woman to reach the second-highest peak on every continent. In the two years since, Drummond has focused on returning to ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet, the highest point on Earth. It’s a symbol of human dreams and goals. Since 1953, about 4,000 climbers have reached its top. This mountain, known as Sagarmatha in ...

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People vote at a polling booth at Sydney's Bondi Beach, Saturday, May 3, 2025. A continent as large as Asia rarely speaks in ...

I learn that success isn't measured in metres gained but in how we handle the moment when plans dissolve. The mountain ...

In the magnificence of the Himalaya theater, Mount Everest is mostly the headline. It is the giant that draws in the crowds, ...

The best time to visit Mount Rainier National Park is from July to August at the height of the Pacific Northwest summer. Wildflowers such as purple lupines and red paintbrush color the landscape, and ...

NEW DELHI – British mountaineer Kenton Cool has scaled new heights — once again — by reaching the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 19th time as a non-Sherpa climber. The 51-year-old ...

"It was really an amazing moment," Jim Morrison said of his history-making descent of Mount Everest A 50-year-old mountaineer made history by being the first to ski down Mount Everest's most ...

Morrison descended 9,000 feet on skis. For most climbers, summiting Everest is an unfathomable accomplishment, marking the peak of mountain climbing success. For American climber Jim Morrison, the ...

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A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain. By Victor Mather The first people to climb Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, in 1953. But no ...