Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — ...

Renowned as one of the driest places on the planet outside of the polar regions, this desert owes its extreme dryness to its ...

The Japanese University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), positioned atop Chile’s Cerro Chajnantor mountain ... Situated in the Chilean Andes, TAO benefits from the region’s sparse ...

On Oct. 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 people, including a rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the ...

“If you imagine the Earth as this blue dot in space, it’s the one place ... or Aconcagua (the highest peak in the Andes), this superlative mountain is both physically and financially within ...

Ace Rickard, 69, banked that painful experience in Peru last month during a 1,000-kilometer (approximately 600-mile) trek ...

Your lifelong dream of hiking in the Andes Mountains has come true. You've planned to enjoy two days of scenic hiking, and have about three days of supplies for your adventure. Suddenly ...

Spanish film director J. A. Bayona spearheaded the thriller, which retells the miraculous survival story after a plane crash in the Andes Mountains. If you’ve finished the Society of the Snow ...

This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are the world's longest mountain range. This causes lava to erupt out of the gap that is left. As it cools down ...

The inter-city coach was travelling overnight in the Andes mountains between the cities of Huancayo and Huanta when it fell into a 200m-deep (650 ft) ravine. Coach crashes are common in Peru ...