In July 2020, a young female climber was trapped in a vicious rockfall in the “Corridor of Death” on Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak. The Estonian woman was pinned on the steep ...

Set to the south of the Mont Blanc massif in a national park that bears its name, Gran Paradiso is a spectacular mountain that towers to 4,061 meters, making it the highest peak entirely within Italy.

Elite mountaineers Leo Billon and Amaury Fouillade recently climbed such a peak and discovered a new route on the Pointe Raphaël Borgis, 12,083 feet (3,683m), in the Mont Blanc area above the ...

P.J. would have become the youngest person ever to summit Mont Blanc - Western Europe's tallest peak That record is currently held by Briton Asher Silver, who was 10-years-old when he climbed the ...

The Teylers Museum in Haarlem is the oldest museum in the Netherlands, founded in 1778. Its collection includes fossils, ...

A Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara has successfully summited 4808 meter high Mont Blanc peak in Europe. He is the first Pakistani mountaineer to summit Mont Blanc along with French and ...

If possible, take on summits of increasing altitude, for example, a 3000m peak, a 3500m peak and another 4000er in the run-up to climbing Mont Blanc. There is no doubt that in the last few years the ...

A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan has set a new record becoming the first double above-knee (DAK) amputee to summit the highest peak outside of Asia. Hari Budha Magar, from ...

Perhaps the most beloved activity is the Peak Walk by Tissot. This suspension bridge connects two mountain peaks and it's the only one of its kind in the world. It's also not for the faint of heart: ...

Their majesty stretches for more than 700 miles across eight countries, with the highest peak, Mont Blanc, sitting near France's border with both Italy and Switzerland. Combined with its proximity ...

Vinson Massif in Antarctica and – in a geopolitical substitution for Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus in Russia – Mont ...