Has Mount Everest been dethroned? Is Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo actually the tallest mountain in the world? Like any good ole scientific dispute, the issue is debatable, but there are surefire methods ...

Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo is scientifically closer to space than Mount Everest, not due to sea-level height, but Earth's equatorial bulge. This bulge makes points near the equator farther from the ...

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think. If you measure altitude above mean sea level, then the 29,032-foot (8,849-meter) ...

Chimborazo's unique location near the equator makes it an attractive destination for mountaineers. Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, has challenged Mount Everest for ...

This Ecuador motorcycle day leaves the humid heat of Guayaquil and climbs through jungle and endless switchbacks until ...

But lesser peaks than Everest, of course, have also thwarted climbers’ ambitions with deadly disasters at dizzying heights. As it turns out, in fact, that mean sea level standard isn’t the only way ...

Imagine the nearest point to space from Earth. Do you imagine Mount Everest? Or Mount Fuji? When space begins at the Kármán line, which lies 100 km above the Earth's surface, it makes sense to assume ...

Mount Everest may be the highest mountain to climb in the world, but it's actually not the tallest mountain on Earth. According to a recent New York Times report, that designation belongs to Ecuador's ...

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Baltazar Ushca sets out to collect ice from the glacier to sell at a local market At an age when many in the West are enjoying retirement, a 68-year-old in Ecuador spends hours trekking up a mountain ...