It's "one thing to get to the top of a mountain, but it's not really a complete job until you get safely back down to the bottom. I have been the hero of Mount Everest. I'm regarded as such ...

I'll always remember reading how very early in the morning, on their final day, the climbers looked down ... looking back at Camp 4 during their ascend ... [+] to the summit of Mount Everest ...

The partial remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine — who disappeared a century ago while trying to become one of the first people to climb Mount Everest ... what they were looking at, he ...

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 ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

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 ...

I had done my homework, reading extensively about him, his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay, and their historic ascent of Mount Everest on May ... to the top and back down to the bottom again.” ...