Mountains of the World Photo Gallery

Each year about ten thousand of Mount Rainier's two million annual visitors attempt to climb to the mountain's summit. About fifty percent succeed.  

Until Meiji Restoration in the 1860s, women were not permitted to climb Mount Fuji for fear that their presence would anger the Shinto goddess of the mountain.  

Climbers constantly try to achieve new records on Mount Everest by inventing new ways of reaching the summit—sans oxygen, solo, on skis, and by paraplane are just a few of the ways.  

Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain at 19,340 feet, offers views of Africa's diverse vegetation ranging from farmland to rainforest to alpine meadows.  

On Alaska's Mount McKinley—the highest peak in North America—Everest's coldest recorded temperature of 17 degrees below zero would be considered a warm night in May or June.  

In 1865, Edward Whymper became the first climber to conquer the Matterhorn. At 14,688 feet, the mountain's striking pyramidical peak stands out among the Alps.  

Argentina is home to the tallest mountain outside of Asia. The 22,834-foot Mount Aconcagua rises majestically from the Andes mountain range.