Nepal bans solo climbs on Everest and all 8,000m peaks, introducing stricter rules, higher fees, and eco-measures. Here’s ...

A BRADFORD man has conquered Mount Everest base camp to raise almost £9,000 to help fund vital cancer research in Yorkshire. Sandeep Gupta completed the expedition in memory of his best friend, Sonu, ...

Reaching heights of around 620 miles (1,000km) these continent-sized “islands” of rock dwarf anything else found on our ...

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 ... But this famous peak pales in comparison to two secret mountains, which are more than 100 times ...

Also, the climb on Mount Everest was also difficult because we ... the more I get to learn from it.” “In comparison, the climb to Australia’s highest peak Mount Kosciuszko (2228 metres ...

The lunar canyons Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck are extraordinarily deep, and scientists now know the valleys were ...

The Mariana Trench is the deepest place on Earth, and we're still in the dark about much of the life that calls it home. Here are just a few of the trench's eye-popping residents.

In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...

Here’s a comparison to boggle your mountaineering ... China Standing unrivaled, Mount Everest holds the title of the tallest mountain in the world. Its formidable height and spiritual resonance ...

New research reveals that two massive lunar canyons, deeper than the Grand Canyon, were formed in under 10 minutes by intense ...