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Swiss alpinists Filippo Sala, Roger Schäli, and Silvan Schüpbach have opened 'Luce e Tenebre', a spectacular new route on the north face of Punta Pioda, also known as Pioda di Sciora in Switzerland.

The world might feel like a smaller place today, but there are still some remarkably remote and pristine places waiting to be discovered. These destinations are refreshingly free from mass ...

An image shared online authentically shows "the world's oldest pyramid," Gunung Padang, in Indonesia. An image shared on ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-Carstensz Pyramid, or Puncak Jaya, in the Jayawijaya Mountains, Papua, is one of Indonesia's Seven Summits, referring to the seven highest mountains in the country. Standing at 4,884 ...

A snowmobiler died Friday and another rider was injured in a large slab avalanche in the North Cascades, according to the Northwest Avalanche Center. According to the center’s preliminary report ...

SEATTLE — Officials are investigating after one person was killed and another was injured after an avalanche in the North Cascades National Park Friday. According to the Northwest Avalanche ...

North Korea’s $750 million Ryugyong Hotel was meant to be a symbol of power, but it has stood abandoned for 30 years. What went wrong? #NorthKorea #AbandonedPlaces #Architecture Trump effect on ...

EVERETT — So you’re driving up I-5, having just picked up an out-of-towner from one of the flatter portions of this country, you crest the hill near the Boeing freeway and get an expansive ...

(NEXSTAR) – Spring has sprung and you may be starting to get early signs of the sniffles. But there’s bad news for allergy sufferers: The worst is still to come. Multiple allergy forecasters ...

Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - March 11, 2025) - North Peak Resources Ltd. (TSXV: NPR) (the "Company" or "North Peak") is pleased to announce that it has engaged the services of ICP ...