Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. automation LONDON -- Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went ...

The world's highest peak is so crowded with climbers that some are seriously considering installing a ladder on the famed Hillary Step to ease congestion. While the ladder is intended for use for ...

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest, as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers said Friday. The Indian climber ...

KATHMANDU — An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world’s highest peak, hiking ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

Surprised? We should be!. This wonder girl did something that many people tried but failed to do. Say hello to Kritika Sharma, a 19-year-old woman and college student from Himachal Pradesh who climbed ...

With re-enactments and archival material, Leanne Pooley recounts Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Mount Everest. By Ben Kenigsberg Bally offers an updated version of the boots that ...