The instrument was developed by a team at the Mount Washington Observatory, and spent a year on Mount Everest before being ...

Four sisters from Rolwaling Valley successfully summited Carstensz Pyramid (4,884m), the highest peak in Oceania, this ...

New data identifies two key risk factors for high-altitude pulmonary edema, a leading cause of death on the mountain.

He has now set another world first after making it to the top of the 6961 metre Mount Aconcagua, in the Andes mountain range in the Mendoza region of Argentina on Saturday. Mr Budha Magar, who is ...

World record-breaking mountaineer and Pride of Britain winner, Hari Budha Magar, has successfully summited Mount Aconcagua, ...

A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan has set a new record becoming the first double above-knee (DAK) amputee to summit the highest peak outside of Asia. Hari Budha Magar, from ...

A British man has died and another was left injured while climbing in Norway. Norwegian media reported an avalanche fell while the men scaled a frozen waterfall at Gaustatoppen mountain on Friday.

Four daughters of Rinzin Doma Sherpa and Late Dorjee Sherpa from Rolwaling Valley successfully climbed Mt Aconcagua this morning. Aconcagua (6,962m) is the highest mountain of South America and ...

During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Aconcagua stands 22,841 feet (6,961 ...

Sri Lankan mountaineer Johann Peries is just one summit away from completing the world’s most coveted mountaineering ...

Team members make final adjustments to the weather station on the summit of Mount Aconcagua. Weather equipment developed at the Mount Washington Observatory is now installed on top of the highest ...

Aconcagua, in Argentina, is the highest mountain in Americas at 22,838 feet. It’s also the highest mountain outside Asia, and more significantly is perhaps the highest non-technical summit in ...