Do you ever wonder how we measure the height of the tallest peak on Earth? Standing at an awe-inspiring 8,848 meters (29,029 ...

Although most of the highest mountains in the world are in Asia (looking at you ... Mount Whitney: Sierra Nevada Mountains, California This is the first of the tallest mountains not to be located ...

Mount Everest is considered as the highest mountain in the world. It is located in the Himalayas and was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

The term was first coined by Edouard ... Kilimanjaro is one of the world’s Seven Summits. Africa’s loftiest stands proud as the highest free-standing mountain on the planet.

When Carlos Soria leaves his house to train in the mountains outside Madrid ... oldest person to have reached the summit of the world's 14 highest peaks - all of which surpass 8,000m (26,247ft).