The Continental Collision That Started It All The collision between India and Eurasia began roughly 50 to 55 million years ago when the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, creating the ...

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mount ...

How did Mount Everest come to be the world’s tallest mountain, towering more than 200 metres above the next two highest peaks? Geologists suggest the mountain owes part of its extra height to two ...

Climbing teams from the around the world have flocked to the mecca of mountaineering – the Himalayas, home of the 14 8,000-meter peaks. Expeditions are currently working their way up Mt. Everest, Cho ...

Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring ...

Tracee Metcalfe wouldn’t have considered herself a mountaineer at the beginning of it all. Growing up in the suburbs of L.A.

Two foreign climbers die in Nepal after expeditions to Ama Dablam mountain Two mountaineers, one French and one South Korean, have died in Nepal after separate expeditions to the Ama Dablam mountain ...