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This breathtaking freshwater lake has a surface elevation of an incredible 12,500 feet and is often dubbed the highest ...

He has now set another world first after making it to the top of the 6961 metre Mount Aconcagua, in the Andes mountain range in the Mendoza region of Argentina on Saturday. Mr Budha Magar, who is ...

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are ...

I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes. My optimism, my determination ...

in the Andes mountain range in the Mendoza region of Argentina on Saturday. Mr Budha Magar, who is aiming to climb the highest peak in each of the seven continents by the end of the year ...

A group of Bolivian women is currently attempting to to climb eight mountains over 6000m in the Andes. Aged up to 50 and wearing their traditional dress ... The biggest dream for the youngest in the ...

and trek into the highlands of the cloud-topped Andes, the second highest mountain range in the world. —Maryellen Kennedy Duckett Here are the top 5 places to visit in Peru Here are the top 5 ...

The Japanese University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), positioned atop Chile’s Cerro Chajnantor mountain ... Situated in the Chilean Andes, TAO benefits from the region’s sparse ...