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

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

However, all is not lost. Their ultra-accurate simulations of the gravity field offer guidance toward a new mathematical foundation of gravity modelling. An upgraded simulator, which accounts for ...

Do you ever wonder how we measure the height of the tallest peak on Earth? Standing at an awe-inspiring 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) above sea level, Mount Everest is recognized as the world's highest ...

Ushca was a legend in the Andean country and beyond, as the last practitioner of the age-old profession of ice harvester on Mount Chimborazo, a dormant volcano 6,310 metres high.

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 ...

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.

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.

Chimborazo is only the 39 th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19 th century when it was thought to be the world’s highest peak.