Photographed by J. B. Noel The 1924 Mount Everest Expedition was an incredibly important moment in the history of Himalayan mountaineering. It was the culmination of two prior expeditions and ...

At 6 A.M. on May 21, Nepali climbing guide Vinayak Jaya Malla gazed from the summit of Mount Everest for the fourth time in his life. The sun was cresting the horizon, its rays painting the peak ...

It’s one of climbing’s greatest mysteries: was Everest really conquered for the first time in 1953, or did two mountaineers make it to the summit in 1924, before dying in mysterious circumstances?

It’s that time again: Mount Everest season. For two months starting in March, thousands of ambitious climbers will travel more than 16,000 feet above sea level to one of Everest’s two main ...

KATHMANDU: An Indian climber rescued from Mount Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said on Tuesday (May 28), taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest ...

One of the greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time, again extending his record for most times to the summit One of the greatest climbing ...

KATHMANDU, May 12 (Reuters) - A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday.

Why climb Mount Everest? “Because it’s there,” George Mallory famously said. Then he died trying. A century on, Mallory is best remembered for those three koanlike words. As Mick Conefrey ...

Commemorating the historic summit of the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, we celebrate International Everest Day on May 29 every year. The first climbers to reach the summit were Edmund ...

KATHMANDU, May 17 (Reuters) - Sherpas recovered the body of a Mongolian climber from Mount Everest and were looking for another mountaineer missing since the weekend, officials said on Friday.

A British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of ...

British climber Kenton Cool, 50, and Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa, 54, have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest. Cool and Sherpa climbed the 29,032-foot peak for the 18th ...