A renowned Nepali Sherpa guide scaled Mount Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, an official said, smashing his ​own record ...

Embark on a breathtaking helicopter journey from Kathmandu to view Nepal's majestic mountains. The ideal months for this trip ...

Rope fixing teams have completed the route to the top, the first client climbers have reached the summit, and a wave of ...

Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, despite an unstable ice block ...

The delay in preparing the route to climb Mount Everest has raised significant concerns about its impact on summiting the tallest peak in the world. In an Instagram post, 23-year-old climber Xavier ...

A massive, unstable chunk of ice, roughly the size of a 10-story building, is blocking the Nepali access route of Mount Everest, stranding hundreds of climbers who are left unsure of when they’ll ...

A new study analyzing Mount Everest expeditions spanning more than a century has found that death rates among climbers have declined significantly in recent decades—despite a dramatic increase in the ...

The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor retailer REI and ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker’s ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir ...

SEATTLE — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

Mountaineer Caroline Gleich documents her 2019 ascent of Mount Everest in the film, A Climb for Equality A Climb For Equality Credit Rylo Jim Whittaker, who became the first American mountaineer to ...

An alleged $20 million insurance scam on Mount Everest saw climbers subjected to staged rescues and admitted to hospitals across Kathmandu in a scheme to fraudulently claim insurance money, Nepali ...