Thomas F. Hornbein, a mountaineer and anesthesiologist who climbed into history, step by icy step, when he and his friend Willi Unsoeld scaled Mount Everest in 1963 — pioneering a route up the ...

Colorado mountaineering legend Tom Hornbein, of Estes Park, forever will be known for his bold first ascent of Mount Everest's West Ridge as part of the first American expedition on the world's ...

Another climber has died on Mount Everest, bringing the tragic toll on the world highest peak to five this month. Binod Babu Bastakoti, 37, from Lekhnath in Nepal, died on Wednesday near the south ...

A British climber and his Nepalese guide are feared dead after they went missing during an ice collapse near the summit of Mount Everest on Tuesday.

A National Geographic documentary crew has found the possible partial remains of Andrew Irvine, a British climber who vanished on Mount Everest 100 years ago.

Many dangers await those brave enough to make an attempt at the summit of Mt. Everest and Dr. Emily Johnston visits WIRED to break down each and every way trying to conquer the mountain could ...

Jul. 12—A Cooperstown native has become the seventh youngest person in the United States to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Henry Horvath, 19, reached Everest's 26,032-foot summit on May 26 ...

Portland native Jared Harris recounts his trip to the top of the world, the summit of Mount Everest.

It appears Mount Everest hasn’t reached peak growth. A surprising new report has found that the world’s highest summit is growing more and more each year due to an ancient phenomenon from ...

Nepali breaks world record with 31st summit of Mount Everest Kami Rita, a 55-year-old Sherpa known as “Everest Man”, first climbed the world’s highest mountain in 1994.

A veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, beating his own record. Kami Rita, who first climbed Everest in 1994, reached the summit of the world's highest mountain on Tuesday.

Subscribe today. Legendary trail runner and mountaineer Kilian Jornet was attempting to summit Mount Everest from the seldom-climbed West Ridge on May 24 when he was caught up in a small avalanche.