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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

22:16, Fri, Jun 3, 2016 Updated: 22:26, Fri, Jun 3, 2016 It might sound unbelievable, after all, there’s absolutely no disputing that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world - it’s 8,848 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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At an age when many in the West are enjoying retirement, a 68-year-old in Ecuador spends hours trekking up a mountain in the Andes to cut away ice to sell. He is the last practitioner of a dying trade ...