Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

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What is the highest place on earth? You might say Mount Everest, towering at more than 29,035 feet above sea level, is the highest point on our planet. That’s a ...

Nepal has sharply increased the climbing permit fees for Qomolangma, which is also known as Mount Everest in the West, and ...

On a recent day, as Martinez hummed to music playing over the shop’s speakers, she proclaimed Oakhurst is the real “gateway ...

Holli Martinez owns a gift shop in the central Sierra Nevada community of Oakhurst. Her business, “7 Rivers Pickers,” is stacked floor to ceiling with hoodies, dresses, mugs and stickers. She said it’ ...

(R. Nial Bradshaw/U.S. Army) U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for a new aviation goggle mount and a way to get portable oxygen to troops in need. Two recent postings under the U.S ...