Show more British mountaineer and former soldier Leslie Binns was just 400 metres from achieving his lifelong dream of reaching the summit of Everest, when he came across an Indian climber ...

The last 5,000 feet on Everest, including its distinct black pyramid summit, are not visible from Base Camp. Contrary to what most people believe, some of the most difficult days on Everest are in ...

Alan Arnette, an Everest summiteer and a well-respected chronicler of the mountain, suggests that from his research the median charge by companies employing Western guides for ascents in Nepal is from ...

In 1983, Breashears transmitted the first live television pictures from the summit of Everest, according to his website, which also says that in 1985 he became the first US citizen to reach the ...

Unlike our Everest Quest expedition, which is approaching the summit from the south side ... The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour.

A polar researcher turned National Geographic photographer, Bishop was on the first U.S. expedition to summit Everest. (See the story from the October 1963 issue of National Geographic.) ...

A Japanese climber who previously lost all but one of his fingers while climbing Mount Everest has died trying to reach the mountain's summit. Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, was found dead in his tent by ...

Fans were left gawking over the latest photos that Sam Heughan posted from his hiking trip in Nepal’s Everest region ... until the summit of Amphu Laptsa [sic] 19,200ft!” ...

Ngima Nuru Sherpa is small in stature, but he stands tall in the annals of Mount Everest. The 5-foot-7, 150-pound native of Nepal’s Khumbu region has reached the summit of the world’s tallest ...

A former Army officer is aiming to lead the fastest ever expedition to the summit of Mount Everest with the help of a rare gas that encourages the production of red blood cells. Garth Miller ...

In 2024, Monday became the second Aggie to summit Mount Everest, the world’s tallest ... t something someone does on a whim, he said. Pictures of lines of people awaiting their turn at the ...