There is a mountain in Pakistan called Broad Peak. It is the 12th highest mountain in the world and is right beside K2 the second highest mountain in the world.

Armenia, which recently has made headlines as an adventure travel destination because of numerous mountains and cheap prices yesterday started it's first international rock climbing festival called Arev.

54-year-old John Creager is lucky to be alive after falling 500 feet down Oregon's Mount Hood. On May 17 Creager, was only 200 feet from reaching the Mountain's summit when he lost his footing. Creager broke a vertebra in his neck and was knocked unconscious, he was rushed via helicopter to a nearby trauma center.

A study of professional mountain climbers has shown that high-altitude exposure can cause subtle white and grey matter changes to the area of the brain involved in motor activity, according to the October issue of the European Journal of Neurology.

At least 11 mountaineers have died while climbing K2 mountain, the second largest mountain in the world. The accident was reportedly caused by a rock slide or an avalanche that severed all the ropes used for ascent and descent.

A Swiss climber has died from exhaustion after making it to the top of Mount Everest

Many visitors will forgo climbing Uluru if given advanced and accurate information about its Aboriginal owner’s perspective. A study in Geographical Research, published by Wiley-Blackwell, finds that both non-Aboriginal visitors and tour operators showed openness to the owners’ – the Anangu – view of Uluru, and their wish that the sacred rock not be climbed.

If you've ever harboured the secret wish to climb Mt Everest, technology and money have combined to make it possible for almost anyone to get to the top using sherpas, professional guides and oxygen. That's not the hardest part - it's getting down alive that is the real challenge for novices and professionals alike.

In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40. But new research shows that 60 year olds cannot keep up with 40 year olds on Mount Everest and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying if they do reach the summit.

Veteran Nepalese mountaineer Appa Sherpa broke his own world record on Wednesday by scaling the world's highest peak Mt. Everest for a record 17th time, he scaled the 29,035 foot summit at 8:30 am (local time) from the South-East side with seven other sherpas.