The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no one from their community will work on the mountain anymore. They said ...

A group of commercial Everest climbers plan to complete their climb in a week by chemically boosting their acclimatization and performance using a new method: They will sip xenon gas just before the ...

The climbers who have shared images of the litter have helped to raise awareness about how carelessness is lessening what ...

Mount Everest is the highest peak on Earth at 8849m. It's beautiful, magical, and also one of the most hostile environments a human being can enter. Above 8000 metres lies the notorious death zone, a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd — and break his own record. Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mt.

Len Forkas founded the non-profit Hopecam after witnessing his own son's loneliness while undergoing treatment for leukemia. Climbing Mount Everest is no small feat. But 65-year-old Len Forkas's ...

On 11 May, 35 years ago, Tim Macartney-Snape stepped onto the summit of Mt Everest for the second time, in doing so, becoming ...

In March, 17-year-old Bianca Adler and her dad set off from Melbourne, Australia, for the ultimate adventure: climbing Mt.

A Fox News reporter who recently climbed Mount Everest hopes his experience inspires first responders, veterans and others who may be struggling with their mental health Mike Tobin did 22 pushups at ...

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to summit Everest. Over the next 40 years, one in four climbers who attempted to follow in their shoes would die. But that isn’t ...

Tulsi Rauniyar is a journalist and photographer based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She brings a fresh perspective to her coverage of environmental and humanitarian issues. Her writing has appeared in Foreign ...