Spending time in a beautiful part of the world should be viewed as a privilege, not as a chance to dump your trash. A ...

Mount Everest, standing over 29,000 feet above the surface of the sea, is the highest point on earth on which a human can walk. As such, the challenge of reaching this so-called "Third Pole" was a ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

"For a foreigner, a Sherpa means someone who carries loads at high altitudes. But Sherpas are actually all Tibetans. They are called 'People from the East.'"—Jamling Norgay The Sherpas are an ...

Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Fischer in 'Everest' ...

Renowned Sherpa Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste, and each climber generates an average of 8 kilograms more. The Nepalese government spends $7.5 ...

Everest is a historical survival movie directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur. Written by Simon Beaufoy and William Nicholson, the movie is based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, which ...

August 8th is the International Alpinism Day. On August 8, 1786 Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time. TASS recalls the unique ascent of athletes from the USSR to the highest peak of the ...

Mike Posner climbed 29,032 feet summit in 50 days in support of the Detroit Justice Center and the work they do in the criminal justice realm — something his late dad was passionate about ...

It is 1953, and Britain is preparing to crown its young Queen, Elizabeth II. The nation is also poised to hear news from Mount Everest. Has the British team made it to the top?