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 ...

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 ...

The 2025 Mount Everest season will also be remembered for the unsuccessful attempts by two runners—American Tyler Andrews and Swiss-Ecuadorian Karl Egloff—to set a speed record on the peak.

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.

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 ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

At last, the four exhausted British men were able to exhale and begin to take stock of their accomplishment as they awaited their flight from Kathmandu, where they had just climbed Mount Everest ...

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.