At 29,032 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest in the world. Unfortunately, not everyone who ascends makes it down. Here's how ...

This is a true story. A story about love, adventure and the impossible. It’s also a story about my family. In 1956 my grandfather was part of the Swiss Everest Expedition, the second in history ...

In 1950, western mountaineers approached Everest through Nepal, rather than Tibet, and saw for the first time the formidable Khumbu Icefall which constitutes the mountain's southern defences.

It was the call the family of a young British climber who went missing on Everest 100 years ago had given up hope of ever getting. Last month, a team of climbers filming a National Geographic ...

but said the thrill of summiting Everest is largely relegated to the history books, and for "true mountaineers," it's just an exercise in crowd control these days. "There seems to be a disaster ...

Benjamin Chan Ka-hei, the 19-year-old, who on Monday became the youngest person from Hong Kong to climb Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain, said that he wasn’t interested in university ...

Ever wonder why there are so many folks queuing up to climb Mt. Everest? As the peak is a whopping 29,035 feet above sea level, the highest point on Earth and where jetliners fly, reaching the top ...