Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

After a Czech climber suffered altitude sickness on the world’s highest peak, a helicopter pilot executed a dramatic ...

Broadcast journalist Emil Sumangil is mourning the passing of his cousin, Engineer Philipp II Santiago, who died while preparing to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers interviews Viorel “Wally” Stirbu, who is back at Everest for his third attempt to reach the summit ...

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety ...

Junko Tabei's summit of Everest on May 16, 1975 was not her hardest battle. It took her a lifetime to be acknowledged as a true pioneer.

Forty climbers, including Nepalese sherpas and international adventurers from China, America, Japan, the Czech Republic, and ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

Forty climbers scaled the world’s highest peak Mt Everest on Wednesday, according to expedition organisers.      Those ...