Two-week trek up the Baltoro Glacier to the foot of the world’s second-highest peak.
Classic Himalayan trekking circuit.
Famous hairpin mountain road plunging off the Huila plateau.
The highest mountain in the British Isles, 1,345 m above Fort William.
The world’s most perfectly symmetrical volcanic cone, still active, rising 2,463 metres above Legazpi.
Emerald river valley walled by the Hindu Kush north of Kabul.
Gorge trails on ladders, chains and walkways over waterfalls.
High Hindu Kush pass and Soviet-era tunnel linking Kabul to the north.
Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, with condors riding the thermals past the Cruz del Condor viewpoint each morning.
Peaks and ski resorts around Innsbruck.
Patagonia’s granite towers, glacier lakes and the classic W trek.
Berber villages below snowy peaks.
The "troll’s tongue" rock ledge jutting 700 m above lake Ringedalsvatnet.
Flat-topped cliff hanging 604 m over the Lysefjord.
NZ's finest day hike, past volcanoes.
Rhyolite mountains streaked orange, green and pink, with a natural hot river to soak in after the walk — the start of the Laugavegur trail.
Car-free alpine village at the foot of the world’s most photographed peak, with Europe’s highest cable-car station.
Train to the "Top of Europe".
Loop beneath the three iconic rock towers — the most famous silhouette in the Dolomites
Walk to the rim of the volcano that buried Pompeii, with the whole Bay of Naples at your feet
Summit the highest peak of the Apennines, looming over a high plateau called "Little Tibet"
The Seven Summits challenge is one of the most iconic goals in mountaineering: reaching the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
Summit Gran Paradiso, 4,061 m — the only 4,000er entirely inside Italy and a classic first big peak
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