(CNN) — With freezing temperatures of down to minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) and vegetation hundreds and sometimes thousands of meters below the mountain tops, the summits of ...

When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually crowded with giants. Nearly all of them are clustered in the Himalayas and ...

The highest mountains in the world have a unique allure. A journey just to catch glimpses of these mysterious, remote, savage giants is the trip of a lifetime for many and, for mountaineers, they’re ...