Around the World: Mountains

Featured Photo Galleries & Screensavers

Baby Animals Photo Gallery
Cuddle up with these cartoon-ready critters

Tropical Escapes Screensaver
Cold weather got you down? Picture yourself here.

Central America Photo Gallery
From the Costa Rican coast to the reef of Honduras

Ireland Screensaver
Our picks, from a castle in Ulster to a Guinness in Dublin

Everest Photo Gallery
Photos of—and from—the ceiling of the earth

Australia's Northern Territory Screensaver
From Uluru and Kata Tjuta, the outback beckons

Singapore Photo Gallery
The Lion City unveils its stunning side

Colorado in Winter Screensaver
Ski and 'board your way through snow heaven

Over the Top
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David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. But whatever went right and wrong in 2006, the bottom line remains: You challenge this peak at your own risk, because its punishments are swift, terrible, and blind.
Lost Horizons
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Naysayers claim the age of adventure is over. On an unclimbed peak in Tibet, our man declares that it has just begun.
Climb an 8,000-Meter Peak
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