Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby rivers. These rivers, cutting through deep gorges, have helped lift the mountain ...

A Boise man is in Nepal, preparing to climb to the highest point on earth. Alexander Clarke says he'll have to stay at base ...

That’s about one-third the length of the speediest Everest expeditions currently offered by guiding companies. And it’s much shorter than most guided ascents of the world’s highest peak ...

Tim Broad, a primary school headteacher, died a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Sharmila Bayliss, from Lewes, is undertaking the challenge to raise funds for Citizens Advice.

Over 120 climbers have already secured permits to attempt to summit the world's highest peak – twice ... Last year 421 Mount Everest climbing permits were issued, and in total 200 climbers ...

Sixteen-year-old Moroccan alpinist Youssef Tazi wants to become the youngest Moroccan, Arab, and African to reach the Everest ...

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 ...

an ace mountaineer who has scaled Mount Everest thrice and received the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2013. Noting that NIMAS had already successfully climbed the highest peaks in 27 ...

A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month ... iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point. The expedition will take them to the ...