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The Jimny’s latest claim to global fame is its entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for reaching a record height of 6,688 metres on top of the Andes Mountains in South America.

The idea is that, unlike Everest or Aconcagua (the highest peak in the Andes), this superlative ... and that’s a big selling point.” Those hoping to summit the mountain typically tackle ...

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are ...

At over 6,000 metres, Mt Ampato is one of the highest mountains in Peru ... Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded as representing the origin points of societies, and the resting ...