Everest's peak stands at an impressive 8,849m above the ocean, making it the piece of land at the highest altitude on Earth.

What is the highest mountain on Earth? Turns out the answer to that question is more debatable than you might think.

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — physically and financially — for adventure travelers.

“You are further away from the core of the Earth, and closer to the stars, than you will ever be with your feet on this planet and that’s a big selling point,” says Santiago Granda, Ecuador ...

Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, has challenged Mount Everest for the title of the world's highest mountain in a unique measurement.

Ecuador in South America is a country steeped in culture, rich in history and bursting with natural beauty - yet it doesn't ...

Sometime in 1822 Simón Bolívar, the Great Liberator of Latin America, fell into a delirium. He dreamed he had climbed the slopes of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest peak, in the tracks of ...

Ecuador's last mountain ice harvester, Baltazar Ushca, who spent over half a century climbing the country's highest summit to extract ice at the top, died Friday at the age of 80, authorities in ...

When the springs dried up the local indigenous leaders raised their eyes to the heavens. They knew what they would find. Up above, the glacier that capped Chimborazo volcano was receding.

But there is one more contender for highest mountain: Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Ecuadorian Andes.