Walk over warm lava fields and toast marshmallows on the vents of an active volcano an hour from Antigua.
Every mountain on Earth above 8,000 metres; fewer than fifty people have done it.
The Maasai Mountain of God, the only volcano on Earth erupting cold black carbonatite lava.
Africa's third-highest peak, glaciated and on the equator, at the top of the Rwenzori.
A granite needle capped with rime ice, one of the hardest summits on Earth to reach.
The White Mountain, 8,167 m, thought to be the highest in the world for thirty years after 1808.
Twelve kilometres from K2 at 8,051 m, with a long summit ridge that has cost several lives.
The Killer Mountain: 8,126 m, with the Rupal Face, the biggest mountain wall on Earth.
Everest's neighbour at 8,516 m, sharing the Khumbu Icefall and the South Col before splitting away.
The first eight-thousander ever climbed, in 1950 — and still the deadliest of the fourteen.
The most accessible 6,000 m peak in the world, two days from La Paz.
The Nordwand: 1,800 metres of limestone and ice that made alpinism famous and killed dozens proving it.
Europe’s most active volcano, guided to 3,300 m past steaming vents and last year’s lava.
A near-perfect four-sided pyramid of 8,485 m, one of the hardest of the fourteen.
The Matterhorn of the Caucasus: twin granite horns above Svaneti and one of the hardest climbs in the range.
Hidden Peak, 8,080 m, buried so deep in the Karakoram it cannot be seen from any inhabited place.
The Savage Mountain: 8,611 m, harder and deadlier than Everest, with no easy route to the top.
The lowest of the fourteen at 8,027 m, and the only one entirely inside Tibet.
The Mountain of the Spirit, 8,163 m, now the busiest eight-thousander after Everest.
The third-highest mountain on Earth, sacred enough that climbers stop a few metres below the true summit.
At 8,035 m the most approachable of the Karakoram giants, first climbed in 1956.
Climb the iconic volcanic spire.
Climb an active island volcano.
Climb the dormant volcano crater.
The world's most accessible active volcano.
A cable-secured ridge path along the Three Sisters with the whole Rhine valley falling away below.
Trek to the world's second-largest hot lake.
Climb to a glowing summit lava lake.
Oman's highest peak and grand canyon.
West Africa's highest active volcano.
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