In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American team to ...

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 ...

Another body has been discovered on Mount Everest, having been exposed by melting ice. A video that has been circulating on social media shows the remains of a frozen climber and is right below.

Scientists believe that nearly half a billion years ago, the majestic Mount Everest was under water. It's hard to believe, but here are details.

NEW DELHI – British mountaineer Kenton Cool has scaled new heights — once again — by reaching the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 19th time as a non-Sherpa climber. The 51-year-old ...

In March, Bianca Adler and her dad set off from Melbourne, Australia to climb Mt. Everest Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

Julia Lyubova, 44, summited the tallest mountain in the world this past spring Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending content across ...

AND SHE TOLD US TONIGHT THAT THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH SNOW... THAT EVERY TIME SHE GOES OUTSIDE... SHE HAS TO SHOVEL HERSELF OUT... : "THIS WEEK, IN PARTICULAR, THIS EIGHT DAY SHIFT THAT I'M COMING OFF OF ...

A Sunday morning, Nov. 16, crash on Mount Rose Highway near the summit killed one person, Nevada State Police said. Troopers responded at about 8:57 a.m. to a two-vehicle collision near Washoe mile ...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on State Route 431 (Mt. Rose Highway) near the Mt. Rose Summit on Sunday morning, Nov. 16. Officers arrived on scene before ...

The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study. Mount Rainier is now 10 feet shorter than it was in the 1990s, according to a study in the ...

He helped make and distribute millions of LSD tablets in the 1970s. After seven years in prison, he ran mountain climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. By Richard Sandomir Henry Todd, a Scotsman who ...