A newly released map provides a stark visualization of the numerous fatalities on Mount Everest, underscoring the extreme dangers faced by climbers Since 1921, over 330 people have died while ...

At 8,849 metres (29,032 ft), reaching the peak of Mount Everest has long been considered one of mountaineering's greatest challenges. However, climbers of the future might have an even tougher ...

Oliver Wheeler was responsible for the success of the 1921 Everest expedition, using a method that was pioneered in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. A century ago, a British expedition set out to find ...

Mountains 100 times taller than Everest were found beneath Earth's surface, lying at the core-mantle boundary. ‘Ark of the Covenant located?’: Declassified report points to Arabic-speaking ...

In the early years, little was known about the physiological effects of extreme altitude, and mountaineers the world over wondered if they could possibly climb Mount Everest, the world's highest ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted ...