Meet the new queen of the mountain: Norway's Kristin Harila, who climbed 14 of the world's tallest peaks in 92 days, including China's 26,335-foot Shishapangma. The feat eclipsed the previous record ...

A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on ...

Hundreds of climbers were seen queueing at over 28,000ft above sea level.

In 1986, American businessman Richard Bass landed in the record books by becoming the first person to climb the “seven summits,” the highest peaks from each continent. On that list are some of the ...

K2 (8,611 meters/28,251 feet), or "Chogori," is the world's second highest mountain, after Everest (8,048 meters). Unlike Everest and the eight other highest mountains on Earth, K2 is not located in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountaineers climbing Everest Mountaineers climbing Everest Sixty million years ago, when the Eurasian plate slammed into the ...