Island Peak is a 20,000-foot mountain in the Himalayas that's considered a prelude to Everest. Here's a first-timer's account of the trek. Dingboche is a place that defies human settlement.

Located in the Karakoram mountain range, K2 is the second tallest peak after Everest, reaching a height of 8,611 meters. This mountain was discovered by an English surveyor named Thomas George ...

Elite alpinists Michelle Dvorak of the U.S. and Fay Manners of the UK were attempting to climb Chaukhamba III in the Garhwal massif - the Indian part of the Himalayas. They were trying to summit ...