A journey through the treacherous trek to Mount Everest base camp with 7News' Scott Thuman
There are few sights in the entire world–few iconic horizons–that can make you stop in your tracks and struggle for words.
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The incredible 16-mile tall volcano way bigger than Mount Everest and ‘as wide as France'
It is also about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level. In comparison, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the tallest volcano on Earth, rises 6.3 miles above the sea floor, but its peak is only ...
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Climbing Everest on One Wheel: A Student’s Record-Breaking Unicycle Challenge
Student Mason Allen climbed the equivalent of Mount Everest on a unicycle, completing the grueling ascent near UVA’s ...
The far side of the moon once had erupting volcanoes too
New research confirms volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon billions of years ago. Researchers analyzed lunar ...
A Year After the Shishapangma Tragedy, Climber Tracee Metcalfe Returned to Set a Record.
Metcalfe, a 50-year-old doctor from Colorado, recently became the first American woman to ascend all 14 mountains above 8,000 ...
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How a Team of Gophers Restored Mount St. Helens After Its Catastrophic Eruption With Less Than a Day of Digging
After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...
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Kerala's Mountaineer Shaikh Hassan Khan Completes Seven Continents Climb
Mount Everest in Asia, North America's Mount Denali, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Europe's Mount Elbrus, and Mount Aconcagua in South America. He also summited Ojos del Salado, the tallest active ...
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Kerala Man Scales Mount Kosciusko, Completes Seven Summits
Shaikh Hassan Khan, a Kerala government employee, has climbed Mount Kosciusko in Australia, completing his goal of scaling ...
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Kerala govt employee Shaikh Hassan Khan climbs highest peaks on all 7 continents
Shaikh Hassan Khan, a Kerala government employee, has become the first from the state to climb the Seven Summits, advocating ...
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Glacier Peak, a ‘very high threat’ volcano, still awaits critical seismometers
The volcano last erupted around 13,000 years ago in one of the largest explosions in the Cascades since the last Ice Age, ...
7 Riskiest Places For Tourists
Ethiopia's Danakil Depression is one of the world's hottest and most hostile deserts. Acid lakes, poisonous gases, active ...
New record achieved for Mt. Fuji and why it matters
Japan's Mount Fuji has finally regained its signature snowcap following a record-breaking period during which its peak ...