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 Stunning views of snow-capped mountains, aquamarine water stretching out below, and a sheer, sheer cliff. The towering Hornelen mountain on Norway's western coast is now open to adrenaline junkies with the steel nerves required to tackle its new via ferrata climbing route. Via ferrata translates directly from Italian to English as "iron path" and refers to mountain climbing routes that use steel cables and fixed ladders to aid climbers. Hornelan mountain stands 860 meters (2,820 feet) tall and is claimed by the tourism board Fjord Norway to be Europe's tallest sea cliff. Hornelen offers breathtaking views of the Norwegian fjords from its summit. "The adrenaline rush of looking down between your climbing boots and seeing ships in the fjord pass by over 2,000 feet below you is unparalleled," said Rogier van Oorschot, the man behind the new climbing route, in a statement to CNN Travel. Van Oorschot designed the new climbing route and has been working on it for...

 Rescuers had to amputate the leg of a woman who became trapped in a travelator at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport.  Her son stated that the family was "shocked" and concerned about her mental health following the surgery on Thursday evening. According to local media, the 57-year-leg old's became stuck on Thursday morning after she tripped over her suitcase on her way to board a flight. "My mother's morale is very low," her son wrote on Facebook. "We were able to speak with her briefly before and after the operation... Even though she exuded strength through her facial expressions and tone of voice, we knew deep down that she was broken because she had lost a leg unexpectedly "Kit Kittirattana has been added. "Our family understands very well that we cannot make her leg work like it used to, nor can we restore the same life she had lived," he wrote. Pictures on the internet showed the woman, who has not been identified, sitting with her ...

 Several Muslim-majority countries have denounced the protest-related burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. On Wednesday, Salwan Momika, an Iraqi resident in Sweden, set fire to a copy of the Muslim book in front of Stockholm's central mosque. Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt were among the Middle Eastern countries who vehemently condemned the burning. Turkey, a Nato member with veto power over Sweden's accession, labeled it a "despicable act." Turkey, which was similarly outraged by a Quran-burning protest earlier this year, said it was "unacceptable" to let such "anti-Islamic actions" to occur "under the guise of freedom of expression." Muslims regard the Quran as God's sacred word and consider any intentional damage or disrespect to it to be profoundly insulting. On Wednesday, Muslims around the world observed the first day of Eid al-Adha, one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar. In compliance with free-sp...