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• Wikipedia List of the Hightest Mountains

  We all know that Mount Everest is the worlds highest mountain and that K2 comes in second, but what about the world's seventh highest summit? (It's Dhaulagiri, also in Nepal.) If you'd like to be able to list the 100 tallest peaks, or find out whether any of your local mountains feature on the list you should check out this guide.

• The 7 Summits

  Want to climb Kilimanjaro, Denali, Elbrus, Aconcagua, Carstensz Pyramid, Vinson or Everest? Or even better all of them? If you want to become one of the select but growing number of people who have climbed the highest summits on each of the seven continents, or if you just want to find out who's made the list check out this link. You can also get details about different climbing routes and opportunities to climb with guided groups.

• 8000 Metres

  Fourteen of the earth's mountains are more than 8000 metres high, and this site has information on all of them, as well as the mountaineers who have conquered their summits. As well as practical information about routes and scaling the peaks there is also historical information about who got there first and some of the more memorable journeys.

• Everest News

  Absolutely EVERYTHING there is to know about Mt. Everest. News, facts, current expeditions, details about historic exhibitions... if you can't find out about it here then no one knows. Updated daily it also features news about some of the world's other highest peaks and expeditions to summit them.

• Beginners Guide to Visiting a Mountain

  If you plan to scale mountain peaks or just admire them from a distance it helps to have a grasp of the basics of mountaineering.