SAIJO, Ehime – Straddling Saijo and Kumakogen in Ehime Prefecture, Mt. Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan, standing at 6,503 feet above sea level. As a rookie reporter who started this ...

Steve Stevens still doesn’t have an answer to a question he was first asked in August, right after he had finished climbing Mount Elbrus. The 18,510-foot peak in Russia is the tallest mountain in ...