View Larger Map. Uhuru, the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro. The list of mountains which you can walk/drive around and look around includes Aconcagua (South America), Kilimanjaro (Africa ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

Aerial photographers must surely wish they had the chance to stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with the orbiting outpost offering ever-changing views of Earth from 250 miles up.

Keep reading to see more of the communities that live around Mount Everest below. Phortse is a farming village roughly 12,600 feet above sea level. It has a lodge, library, church, and health clinic.

Now, a new study presents the most detailed view of Everest’s glacier changes in the last 60 years. 78 of the 79 analyzed glaciers thinned substantially in the last 60 years.

Many accepted a 1954 measurement from the Survey of India as Everest's official height: About 29,029 feet. In 1999, National Geographic's surveyors used GPS technology to determine Everest was ...

An aerial view of Mount Everest in April. (Sarah Lai/AFP/Getty Images) ... The most commonly accepted figure for Mount Everest’s height is 29,029 feet, a measurement that dates to the 1950s.