High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

Imagine a terrifying train ride that winds through narrow mountain passes, on the edge of falling off. That's what you can expect on this train ride in Ecuador.

The Andes is a mountain range of surprise and wonder ... in the peruvian Andes Climber Ivan Calderon acends a granite cliff know as 'The Sphinx' in the Peruvian Andes. Huascaran National Park ...

At Least 25 Die in Peruvian Andes After Bus Plummets off Cliff LIMA (Reuters ... where many buses travel on precarious mountain roads or are driven by inadequately trained drivers.

In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...

Central Chile's rugged Andes mountains preserve some of South ... outcrop is a cleanly exposed surface but not an inaccessible cliff. There are hundreds of miles of cliffs out there--many peppered ...

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The Andes mountain range traverses the length of the country, with winding roads overlooking tall cliffs. Accidents in which buses plunge off cliffs are not infrequent in Peru. In 2018 ...

gloves and a helmet and climb a steel ladder up a 400m-tall rocky cliff face, which is part of the Andes mountain range. Luckily, there’s a safety rope attached to you via a carabiner.

Argentine authorities have rescued a 58-year-old Uruguayan man who had been lost in the Andes mountains since May. Raul Gomez Cincunegui was spotted at the Sardina mountain shelter on Sunday ...