While Peter Hillary is one of the most celebrated adventurers on the planet in his own right, it was his father who set the ...

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 ...

When the line relating maximal oxygen consumption to altitude was extrapolated all the way to the summit of Mt. Everest, it looked as though the mountain could not be climbed without supplementary ...

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.) ...

It is "not known whether the pair ever reached the summit — an important Everest mystery among climbers and historians alike," said NBC News. This is because any proof that Irvine and Mallory ...

She became the first Chinese woman and the second woman overall to summit Everest. Apparently ... the film had no pictures.

Now videos and photos posted in recent days by fellow ... He previously said he was emotional when he saw the Everest summit, telling his followers: 'My dream will always be to conquer this.' ...

Later, several other climbers took pictures of other climbers, filming at the top of Mt Everest and circulated ... of 223 and 212 climbers reached the summit, which has been recorded as the ...