Denmark’s Thor Pedersen spent nine years, nine months, and 16 days on the road, visiting 203 countries, never once taking ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited controversy in the mountaineering world.

Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder. A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.

The 2025 Mount Everest season will also be remembered for the unsuccessful attempts by two runners—American Tyler Andrews and Swiss-Ecuadorian Karl Egloff—to set a speed record on the peak.

Only 800 people attempt to climb Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, every year. It's not only a treacherous trek, but it's also incredibly costly.

What do climbers and guides eat at Mount Everest Base Camp to keep their bodies moving at 17,500 feet?. In this week’s Dispatches from Everest video, Ben Ayers explains the cuisine that you will ...

David Sullivan's defibrillator on Mount Everest wound up saving a life, highlighting the importance of CPR training and access to life-saving devices in remote areas.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay approaching 28,000 feet, Camp IX, Nepal, 28th May 1953. Mount Everest Expedition 1953. (Photo by George Lowe/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images) ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — One local family is grateful to welcome their daughter back home after her mountain climbing achievement. Two weeks ago, Katelyn Sims was scaling Mt. Everest, the tallest ...

Katelyn Sims remembers reading books about Mount Everest in the third grade. A couple of weeks ago, she found herself standing on top of it. Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May ...

KATHMANDU, (IANS) – A Nepal Army team has summited Mt. Everest on May 15 to collect waste discarded on the world’s highest peak. Ten members of the team led by Lieutenant Col Kishor Adhikari ...

In 2001, Siffredi summited Everest on foot, before beginning a non-stop descent on a snowboard. The world-first got off to a rocky start when it was decided his preferred route down Hornbein ...