Efforts have been made to clean up Mount Everest, but so far, the problem remains. Thankfully, in other areas around the ...

If you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But a striking photo, taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, shows how the reality can be a lot ...

But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt. Everest's slopes in the decades since ...

As glaciers melt at a greater pace, there are concerns among expedition operators that bodies are becoming exposed on Mount Everest ... giving a more accurate view of the danger of the mountains.

One gradually gains altitude on the high Tibetan plain and, on crossing the last pass, one's entire view is filled with a panorama of the mythically charged horizon: Shishipangma, Mount Everest ...

First he found wheelchair basketball. Then, he started biking. Finally, he discovered mountain climbing—which led him to Everest. Austin Murphy details Glasbrenner’s incredible story here.