The Majestic Summit Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet, stands as the tallest mountain in the world. This colossal peak reaches an astounding height of 29,032 feet (8 ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

In Tibet, for instance, where levels of oxygen exist much lower compared to sea levels, people act normally, though mountain climbers encounter altitude sickness due to the problem of low ...

With the Tibetan mountains towering above, it was a surreal scene -- and it became all the more so when the school's political adviser, a Tibetan in his early thirties with silver teeth ...

What remained unclear was the route Ekai Kawaguchi (1866-1945) took to enter Tibet, tucked deep in the mountains and closed to foreigners, at a time when no decent map was available. Now ...

The CCP’s religious and cultural repression on the Tibetan Plateau is also feeding an ecological crisis. The response from ...

Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...

Tibet's most sacred mountain. International campaigners for Tibet have voiced their growing concern about a planned ring road around Mount Kailash, Tibet's most sacred mountain. News about the ...