The highest peak in the Caucasus, Mount Elbrus, lies on the border with Kabardino-Balkaria.
Charles Douglas-Hamilton flew to the world's highest peak as a passenger in a modern Jetstream 41 Turboprop.
McKinley, North America's highest peak at 20, 320 feet--in part because his pressurized cabins were a hit with overweight, elderly customers.
There had then been seven unsuccessful attempts on Dhaulagiri, the 26, 795ft (8, 167m) seventh highest peak in the world, located in central Nepal.
Hike through the breathtaking scenery of the Bavarian Alps or hop on the cable car to reach the top of Germany's highest peak.
This is already a worry, for example, on Mount Fansipan, Indochina's highest peak, where uncontrolled tourism is degrading the top of the mountain.
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The mountain's highest peak is the Guagua ("child" in Quechua), a two-hour hike from the town of Lloa, a one-hour drive south-west of Quito.
According to the mountain's official Web site more than 200, 000 people climb the 3, 776 meters to the top of Japan's highest peak each year.
The pair had set out on a popular summer hike known as Le Couloir des Bossons near Mont Blanc - the Europe Union's highest peak.
The avalanche on the western side of the mountain, America's highest peak, was first thought to have occurred on Thursday, the parks service said Sunday.
Last May, at the age of 65, he climbed to the top of Everest, the world's highest peak, to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The distinction goes to Milton, Mass. (elevation 628 feet), the highest peak within 10 miles of the Atlantic that's a sitting duck for strong ocean breezes.
Noguchi climbed his first mountain, Mont Blanc, at age 16 before becoming the youngest person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
Kenton Cool, from Gloucestershire, who has scaled the world's highest peak 10 times, is taking part in the bike ride for charity in the French Alps.
It was one of Australia most heavily glaciated areas, and includes Mt Ossa (1, 617m) - Tasmania's highest peak - and Lake St Clair, Australia's deepest natural freshwater lake (167m).
However, it wasn't until October, 2010 that William asked for Catherine's hand in marriage in a remote hut in a wildlife reserve on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak.
The Annapurna Circuit features several famous Himalayan high peaks including Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, II, III and IV, with Annapurna I towering at 8, 091 metres as the 10th highest peak in the world.
In 1993 they established the Oasi Zegna, a 100-square-kilometre (40-square-mile) reserve of meadows and forest that pushes towards Monte Rosa, Europe's second highest peak, into an empty, wild area crossed by a few trails.
The Fort William service is the most spectacular, offering a night on the rails and a morning crossing wonderful Highland scenery before depositing fresh-faced passengers from the two carriages to have made it all the way at the foot of the path up Ben Nevis, the country's highest peak.
These are factors that impact the nature of the world from the highest mountain peak to the deepest ocean trench.
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What serious climber would come to Japan and not bag its highest and most peak?
The highest point of The Peak has been the place to live ever since the British came here in the 19th Century.
The factory's role was to manage peak demand for the highest-priced products.
Comparing 100 different routes to Europe, the highest prices were in October for peak-period travel, on average, so buying that early for summer would have been a mistake.
However, the peak volcanism trailed behind the highest rates of sea level change by around 4, 000 years.
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The figures from Aberdeen suggested prices had returned to a point closer to that peak level, remaining the highest average price of any city or region in the country.
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If you are still unsure about your resistance to the altitude, but are committed to trying out the country's highest peaks, try out the north peak of the Illinizas.
While it was at its peak Apple became the company with the highest capitalization of any company anywhere, Q4 profit in 2012 higher than any non-oil company had ever posted, in effect making it the most successful company in the world.
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