There are few sights in the entire world–few iconic horizons–that can make you stop in your tracks and struggle for words.

Here’s how it works. Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain as measured from sea level. But will it hold that title forever? To answer this question, first we must understand how ...

In 1953, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first two people confirmed to have summitted the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest ... dinner at night, he [Norgay] stood ...

Simone is my hero. I met Simone Mora while climbing Mt. Everest in 2001. At base camp on Mt. Everest, Simone’s charming and enthusiastic attitude lightened the spirits of climbers taking on the ...

For years, internet users have claimed a veteran mountaineer survived climbing Mount Everest multiple times, only to die at home after falling off a ladder while changing a light bulb. For example ...

Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain – towering 8.85km above sea level – and it is still growing. Along with the rest of the Himalayas, it is continuing an inexorable uplift that dates ...

Lhakpa Sherpa, world record holder for most Mount Everest summits by a woman, has a story marked by both triumph and adversity. While battling domestic abuse from her husband, she found solace and ...

The Everest just takes everything in its stride, casually hopping over everything. As we carry on our way up the mountain, now looking down on the weather below, what I also realise is that the bi ...

A mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest six times died after falling off a ladder while changing a light bulb at home. Rating ...

"I'm trekking to Everest Base Camp. Are you in or out?" She had recently trekked to the base camp of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, and had her sights set on her next destination.

I also wanted to be in shape for high altitude climbing. I had a new goal to climb to Mount Everest base camp at about that time. In the summer of 2023, I’d climbed and descended Mont Blanc ...

The full Beaver Moon rose behind the trees of Basalt Mountain, Colorado, on Friday, November 15. Footage recorded by Barry ...