Australian YouTuber Spanian was rescued by helicopter after experiencing extreme altitude sickness during a spontaneous trip ...

The highest mountain on Earth? Most would say it’s Mount Everest, standing over 29,000 feet above sea level. Located in the Himalayas, it has been known as Mount Everest since the Royal ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing.. Everest is known to be growing by about 2mm a year ...

Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal, in a 2020 file photo. (Monika ...

Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste, ... One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash. Show more.

With recent cuts to USAID, and dangerous over-crowding on the world’s highest peak, Nepal faces serious challenges. Two Everest experts answer questions about it.

Mount Everest is also not the only spot that is affected by this uplifting. Neighboring peaks including the world’s fourth and fifth highest peaks–Lhotse and Makalu–are also inching upwards.

Kami Rita Sherpa, a renowned Nepali mountain guide, completed his 31st climb of Mount Everest on Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most successful trips to the mountain’s peak.

As if things didn’t seem apocalyptic enough already, scientists reported that a “horned” comet three times bigger than Mount Everest exploded and is hurtling toward Earth. The blast ...

Mr. Furtenbach said that beginning in 2026 he planned to offer two-week round-trip excursions to Mount Everest using xenon gas, cutting the typical time needed to scale the mountain by several weeks.

Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of the world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time. The Nepali climber was given a hero’s welcome on his ...

David Breashears, a mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest, has died, his business manager confirmed Saturday.