Japan's iconic Mount Fuji got its first snowcap of the season Saturday, five days later than average. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Mount Fuji has bewitched and beguiled onlookers for countless centuries. Here are nine illustrated, little-known facts about Mount Fuji that show the many moods of this most honorable mountain. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

A Japanese participant in the unusual sport of extreme ironing, in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron clothing, has succeeded in an extreme ironing attempt on the top of Mount Fuji. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

More than three decades after steam bursts from Mount Baker resulted in a temporary evacuation of the Baker Lake area, geologists are trying to determine what is happening beneath the volcano. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Unidentified person thought to be one of 3 climbers missing for a week. picked by cb__ 3 years ago

One separate point that adds weight to the Bible controversy is the body of photographic and physical evidence of a large object encrusted in Mount Ararat, where, according to the Christian text narrations, finally rested the ark of Noah.

*Is this true, documented elsewhere?* picked by cb__ 4 months ago

Craigslist screenshot: this World of Warcraft player is so desperate for an epic flying mount, she offers to let someone with the right amount of in-game money "mount" her for one. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago

Mount Washington’s mascot of 12 years died last week at 19 or possibly 20. Nin the cat “brought a little piece of home” to the New Hampshire observatory. He wasn’t much bothered by the site’s vicious weather, occupying himself by following researchers and meeting tourists. Nin retired in 2007, moving to a lower altitude.
Just a sweet little story for your day. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The volatile Mount St Helens has spewed a plume of steam and ash into the Washington State sky, US media reported today. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska has had another large eruption after being relatively quiet for nearly a week. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

A Spokane man made history by being the first person to basejump off Mount Hood on Thursday.

*Video linked in article picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Sparks lit the night sky and a small stream of lava was flowing down the volcano as Italy's Mount Etna lit the night sky over Naples with a hellish red glow. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

He was the first to conquer the summit of the world's highest peak, Everest. picked by suebe 2 years ago

161 Competitors in a Mid-Wales mountain biking tourname...

Let's be honest - who cares about the story? That's one of the best headlines I've seen in ages. picked by pocksucket 12 months ago

Anyone who has visited the forum will have seen I have been looking for a camera of late.
Came accross this and ive not seen it in here. So here it is. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

Preliminary NASA studies show that using the existing shuttle's solid rocket boosters, fuel tank and main engines as a launch system, with some minor modifications, could be the foundation of an alternative launch system to the planned Ares rocket program currently under development. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Mount Etna, which erupts about once every 10 years or so, continues to do its bit for global warming. (The EU legislators in Brussels really need to pass a law against it!) picked by rambler 3 years ago

I think spam would've been a better medium. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

A teenage girl who balked at paying for a set of inch-long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails in a dispute at a Mount Vernon nail salon said a nail technician grabbed her and tried to pry the nails off.
*Fingernail Repo Woman?* picked by bornbad 5 months ago