Could famed explorer George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine have conquered Mount Everest nearly three decades before Sir Edmund Hillary? Two British explorers are setting out to probe the mystery in ...

Three Nepali adventurers will first summit Everest, then kayak down the Dudh Koshi and Ganges Rivers to the Bay of Bengal -- ...

(ROBIC UPADHAYAY/AFP/AFP) Kanchha Sherpa was the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become the first to summit the world's highest mountain.

A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.

The highest place on Earth is not necessarily the one most people picture when they imagine standing closest to the stars.

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Ever year, several thousand hikers complete the trek to Mount Everest Base Camp. After completing the adventure, a small portion of them feel inspired to pursue an even greater challenge—climbing to ...

Shenzhen, Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Geekvape didn’t choose a conventional milestone—it chose the highest one on Earth. Earlier this year, after nearly 6 ...

A postgraduate researcher with a rare degenerative condition is aiming to become the first deafblind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest ...