It was only in the fall of 1954 that a French expedition team successfully recorded their names as the first climbers to reach the summit. Meaning "Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan, Cho Oyu is a majestic ...

Annapurna, the 10th highest peak in the world, is popular to climb in early spring but has proven difficult because of gaping ...

Everest for the first time. Annapurna I, the 10th highest mountain in the world, stands 8,091 meters (26,545 feet) in the Himalayas of Nepal. Its name, derived from Sanskrit, means "Goddess of the ...

The highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ‘Sagarmatha’ in Nepali and ‘Chomolungma ...