Like many titles and place names given during the era of colonization, the Mount Everest name gave zero recognition to the title used by locals. Tibetans had, for centuries, called the peak Chomolunga ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions ...

For months, President Trump has taunted Canada by claiming it should become America's 51st state. But the country's new prime ...

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.

Nepal is set to implement stringent new regulations for climbers seeking to summit Mount Everest, in a move that has been widely discussed among the climbing community. Under the proposed law ...

Measurements taken from nine climbers during an expedition to Everest in 1993 showed that blood oxygen saturation of climbers fell below 90% at around 4,700m (15,420ft), while at 8,000m (26,247ft ...

Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mount Everest on Sunday from Kathmandu to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit during the spring climbing season.

AEW star Darby Allin made headlines by setting a world record with high-altitude skateboarding while climbing Mount Everest. Allin is credited with performing the kickflip move, not skating.

Destinations include Mount Everest, K2, and several of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas. Madison Mountaineering also leads climbs on all of the famous Seven Summits—the highest ...

In his latest video dispatch, our writer explains the naming debate surrounding the world’s highest peak, which has three ...

The remains of an explorer from 1924 who went missing while climbing Mount Everest were eventually found through a recent National Geographic expedition, putting to bed a 100-year mystery about his ...

The Nepal government has collected royalty amounting to Nepalese ₹653.8 million from the permission granted to climb the Everest this season. Permission has been granted to 441 climbers ...