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 ...

In 2015, a group of 11 Aymara Indigenous women set out to climb the mountains of Bolivia. The group, known as Cholita Climbers, make their ascent in traditional Aymaran clothes. They teamed up with ...

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 ...

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) ...

Before setting out for the wide, white mountain, Ana Lia González Maguiña took stock of her gear: A chunky sweater to guard against the chill. A harness and climbing rope to scale t ...

Industry-first, 'off-the-beaten-path' travel documentary series focused on junior mining, celebrating the spirit of ingenuity and resilience that drives the industry EarthLabs Expeditions is an ...

Suibel Gonzales, left, and her mother Lidia Huayllas, Aymara Indigenous women who make a living as mountain guides, walk on the Huayna Potosi glacier Nov. 5 on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia. When ...

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 ...