A new adrenaline-fuelled experience is allowing travellers to see the Himalayas in a new way – and helping local Sherpa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympic and World Champion biathlete Laura Dahlmeier shows off her medals. The top German athlete won a total of seven world ...

"There is only man and mountain." Signature Ent. in the UK has unveiled an official trailer for a mountain climbing documentary titled White Mountain. This is also a shortened version of the film's ...

Which is the largest glacier in the Himalayas? Learn why the Siachen Glacier holds this title, along with its location, size, strategic importance, climatic role, environmental impact and interesting ...

Water is the backbone of life, agriculture, and civilisation. Across Asia, freshwater availability depends heavily on one vast mountain system that stores ice, feeds rivers and sustains billions of ...

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Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt. By Robin George Andrews Mount Everest is many things. It’s called ...

A renowned South Korean climber was among nine people killed when a vicious snowstorm hit their camp on Nepal’s Mount Gurja. Police and locals are working to bring the bodies off the mountain and to ...

Glaciers in the region melted faster between 2010 and 2019 than in the previous decade. “Things are just happening so fast,” one researcher said. By Delger Erdenesanaa New research from scientists in ...

If climbers want to summit Mount Everest, they have to brave the "death zone" — the area above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet) in altitude, where there is so little oxygen that the body starts to die, ...

Ever wondered what it must feel like to be on top of the world? Climbers who have scaled Mount Everest, the planet’s highest peak could probably describe it to you in detail. The famed mountain sits ...

The Himalayan Monal, a jewel of the mountains, boasts iridescent plumage in males and camouflage in females, showcasing sexual dimorphism. Adapted to high-altitude alpine forests and meadows, these ...