Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today is the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of 8,586m Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain. Located on the ...

Last year, Bartek Ziemski and Oswald Rodrigo Pereira of Poland stunned the climbing community when flying under the radar, they completed unsupported ascents of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri without ...

Much has changed in the 70 years since Makalu and Kangchenjunga were summited for the first time. Yet the mountains have kept part of their allure, despite commercialization. Also, the first ascents ...

Mountains are among the most impressive natural features on Earth. They rise high above the surrounding land and are formed ...

In 2025, Nepal’s Ministry of Tourism added six new 8,000m peaks to those listed on its website. These are subsidiary summits of Kangchenjunga and Lhotse, which some view as insufficiently independent ...