Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Makalu, flanked by its subsidiary, Makalu II, dominates the scene. At left, Tibet’s 25,640-foot Chomo Lonzo looks across to the ...

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 ...

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AP’s team in Kathmandu typically relies on third-party visuals to cover the annual influx of climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest. But this year, photographer Niranjan Shrestha had a new idea: ...