By some metrics, Everest most certainly is the tallest mountain in the world—standing at an impressive 29,031.69 feet —but it ...

Altitude sickness is another threat Lyubova emphasizes as particularly important, and she herself suffered from a form of it during her climb. On her descent, she developed a case of high-altitude ...

Another body has been discovered on Mount Everest, having been exposed by melting ice. A video that has been circulating on social media shows the remains of a frozen climber and is right below.

"It was really an amazing moment," Jim Morrison said of his history-making descent of Mount Everest A 50-year-old mountaineer made history by being the first to ski down Mount Everest's most ...

Dave McClung, 82, seen with his son Dennis McClung, 55, as they hike to South Base Camp at Mount Everest. Provided by LeEtta Felter An 82-year-old Olathe man who set out on an eight-day trek last week ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest, died on Thursday, October 16. Kanchha Sherpa was 92. Outside interviewed Kanchha Sherpa’s son, ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

Jim Morrison, a 50-year-old American skier and mountaineer, made history this week by becoming the first person to ever successfully ski down Mount Everest's North Face. Morrison descended Everest on ...

A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain. By Victor Mather The first people to climb Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, in 1953. But no ...

Jim Morrison, 50, accomplished the feat at 7:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday. An American skier made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route.