K2 climber killed by rockfall while descending from world’s second tallest mountain - Guan Jing had reached the summit just a ...

Everest Mystery has become a new favorite YouTube channel. Thom Pollard was the cameraman for the famous 1999 expedition that ...

Nepal announces it’s opening 97 peaks in Karnali and Sudurpaschim to international climbers for free as it hopes to diversify ...

Nepal will waive climbing permit fees for 97 peaks in two of the country’s most remote provinces as it aims to encourage ...

Nepal will make climbing permits free for 97 of its Himalayan mountains to create more tourism in some of its remote provinces.

A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet, in an ...

Nepal ’s legendary mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa has once again extended his own record by summiting Mount Everest for the 31st time, reinforcing his title as the “Everest Man”. The 55-year ...

High winds are punishing Mount Everest after many successful summits, stalling the efforts of teams waiting to advance up the mountain.

With her friend and Everest teammate Setsuko Kitamura, Tabei established the first Mount Everest conference in 1995, inviting all 32 women who had by then successfully climbed Everest (not all ...

New safety measures for Mount Everest proposed by Nepal would require climbers to demonstrate previous high-altitude Himalayan experience before attempting the world's tallest peak.

When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made their first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, it took more than two months of effort to reach the summit. In order to adjust to the extreme ...