Morrison and his partner Hilaree Nelson aspired to summit Mount Everest’s north side, something only five people had ever done. None had ever skied down it.

The Nepalese-Indian Sherpa made six attempts before reaching Everest’s summit with Edmund Hillary in 1953.

In their latest documentary, the directors of “Free Solo” track some adventurers trying to ascend the hazardous north side of ...

The mountaineer and his partner, Hilaree Nelson, planned a first-ever descent, Nick Paumgarten writes. After her death, he ...

The first thing Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did after becoming the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest was hug.

Tenzing Norgay was part of a climbing duo who was the first to summit Mount Everest—ever. The movie, “Tenzing,” tells his story, starting from when Nepalese-Indian Tenzing was a young boy “with the ...

The lime-green boots shine vividly against the dazzling white snow. A man in a knitted fleece smiles as he carefully attaches crampons in preparation for his historic ascent of the world’s tallest ...

A window of calm conditions on Mount Everest allowed more than 100 climbers to reach the summit on Wednesday, May 17. Multiple expedition operators reported their successes throughout the day, among ...

A Climber We Lost: Vanja Matijevec passed away on March 3 ...

At 29,035 feet up, where jetliners fly, reaching Everest’s top should be a daunting proposition. But with bottled oxygen, it’s not as daunting as one might think. 21 May 2024, Nepal, Mount Everest: ...

Melissa Arnot Reid first came to Nepal in 2008 as an assistant guide on an Everest expedition. She was 23 and had been ...