The first woman to conquer the world’s second-highest peak, K2, three times has also summited all 14 of the world’s tallest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The allure of the unexplored lies at the very core of what adventure is all about. For many, simply exploring places that are new ...

Is there anything that inspires more awe than a majestic mountain? We think not. To help inspire your next wow-worthy destination, we rounded up 20 of the most beautiful mountains in the world to ...

Also known as Vinicunca or Montaña de Siete Colores (the Mountain of Seven Colors), this colorful mountain near Cusco became well-known throughout the world in recent years. During Peru’s peak tourism ...

Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony of creaks and rumbles was getting louder. He dropped his work, turned ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited controversy in the mountaineering world. To reach the highest point on Earth ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out Everest has steep competition. Mount Everest, left, tops out at 29,032 feet ...

A fatal race thrust Tracee Metcalfe into a surprising position: the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. But to claim the record, she’d have to ...