If Everest ever lost its crown, the surprise would be cultural, not geological: millimeters, models, and memory would decide.

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Mount Everest towers more than 29,000 feet above sea level.

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Kili’ is famous as one of the Seven Summits and a bucket-list trek, but it’s much more than just that, as Justin Walker ...

In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American team to ...

A secret CIA mission in 1965 to spy on China resulted in a lost nuclear device on Nanda Devi. American and Indian climbers ...

Twelve years ago, British adventurer Maria Leijerstam made history by becoming the first person ever to cycle from the coast ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

A new book attempts to explain to the non-specialist the seven most important unsolved problems in mathematics. A million dollar prize - put forward by a US organisation - awaits the individual who ...

Looking for a good read for the adventurer in your life this Christmas? Here are half a dozen recommended stocking-fillers, ...