If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

It tells the story of the series of events that occurred on May 10 and 11, 1996, which led to eight climbers dying on Everest ...

Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between ...

The remains of Mount Everest climber Sandy Irvine from 1924 have finally been found over 100 years since the expedition took ...

A former Royal Marine has reached the summit of Mount Everest after swimming, cycling and running more than 8,000 miles.

"The two had just finished dinner and were settling into their sleeping bags, chatting casually, when Alex suddenly became ...

The 38-year-old from Chicago beat a brain tumor as a teenager and used his passion for mountaineering to raise money for ...

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

Under the proposed rules, climbers must show proof of scaling a 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) mountain in Nepal before applying for ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

A former Royal Marine has completed the “world’s longest triathlon”, which he started in the UK and finished at the summit of ...

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the ...