May 29 1953 is arguably the most important date in mountaineering history. At around 11:30am, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first people to stand on the summit of ...

All four members of the Furtenbach Adventures team who prepped for their climb by hypoxic training at home and breathing Xenon gas, summited Everest today, five days after leaving the UK. They now ...

On 11 May, 35 years ago, Tim Macartney-Snape stepped onto the summit of Mt Everest for the second time, in doing so, becoming ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...

Darby Allin commemorated his trek by planting an AEW flag at the top of the mountain. He later posted the following message on Instagram, thanking AEW and his climbing team for their respective roles ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet, the highest point on Earth. It’s a symbol of human dreams and goals. Since 1953, about 4,000 climbers have reached its top. This mountain, known as Sagarmatha in ...

By some metrics, Everest most certainly is the tallest mountain in the world—standing at an impressive 29,031.69 feet —but it ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world's highest peak ...