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The 10 highest mountains in the world – and when they were first climbed
All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...
Final Climbing Team in the Himalayas Retreats from Makalu
Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...
Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer
Vittorio Sella was a pioneering Italian photographer whose work at the turn of the 20th Century shaped both mountain ...
The photography expeditions of an Italian in the mighty Himalayas
Vittoria Sella scaled many tall peaks, including Kangchenjunga and K2, and took some of the greatest photographs ever of the ...
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Birth of the Himalaya
Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ago the two continents were in direct ...