The summit photo showed a not-so-happy-looking kid wrapped in mountain clothes too big for him, flanked by two adults holding an Indian flag.

With a world record under his belt, the child prodigy is now eyeing his next destination, Mount Kosciuszko, the highest ...

Mount Elbrus, in southern Russia on the border with Georgia, is in one of the most undeveloped and unexplored parts of the continent. But we were heading into a war zone.

From top: Mount Elbrus, the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. Simon Akam's party of skiers ascends the upper reaches of Mount Elbrus, 2017. After the avalanche on Elbrus, 2017. Mr.

Elbrus, a dormant volcano in Russia's North Caucasus region, is the highest mountain in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 feet) and is seeing a domestic tourist boom due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mount Elbrus has two summits. The western peak stands at 5,642 metres and a wind-swept "saddle" separates it from the eastern summit, which is slightly lower at 5,621 metres.

MOUNT ELBRUS, Russia — Littleton police officer and National Guardsman Steven Beare went missing two days ago in a snowstorm somewhere on Mount Elbrus in Russia according to his wife, Olivia Beare.

The group climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010, Mount Rainier in 2011 and this year will attempt to summit Mount Elbrus, raising more than $22,000 as a team in 2012.

A six-year-old boy summited 5,642m Mount Elbrus last week to the delight of his family, which hurried to claim the age record -- to the dismay of most of the climbing community.

Mount Elbrus, which rises to 5,642 metres (18,510 feet) just north of the border with Georgia, is infamous for sudden changes in weather and climbing conditions.