At about 4,800 meters, or nearly 15,800 feet, above sea level, Cerro Rico towers over the city of Potosí, in Bolivia’s ...

ADELBODEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Bolivia's lone Olympic Alpine skier had to overcome mountains of paperwork, as well as ones covered in snow and ice, on his torturous route to a place at next ...

ILLIMANI, Bolivia (Reuters) - For years, Lydia Huayllas, 48, has worked as a cook at base camps and mountain-climbing refuges on the steep, glacial slopes of Huayna Potosi, a 19,974-foot (6,088-meter) ...

Centuries of silver mining have left Cerro Rico mountain in the southern highlands of Bolivia on the verge of collapse. The Spanish forced Quechua... Bolivia's Cerro Rico: The Mountain That Eats Men ...

“KNOW WHEN to turn back.” Anyone familiar with the axioms of mountaineering knows this is an essential rule of self-preservation. But for rank amateurs battling up their first huge peak, pinpointing ...

Bolivia's Death Road claims the lives of nearly 100 people each year. This narrow mountain road in Bolivia has some sections that are barely 3 meters wide. It has earned the ominous title "Death Road" ...

Heydi Paco and Jhonny Pacheco spent three days climbing to the top of the Illimani Mountain in Cordillera Real. Heydi Paco and Jhonny Pacheco have a taste for the extraordinary. So much so that when ...

Industry-first, 'off-the-beaten-path' travel documentary series focused on junior mining, celebrating the spirit of ingenuity and resilience that drives the industry Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. ...

ADELBODEN, Switzerland, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Bolivia's lone Olympic Alpine skier had to overcome mountains of paperwork, as well as ones covered in snow and ice, on his torturous route to a place at ...