An attempt to climb Everest requires months, sometimes years, of training and conditioning – even then, reaching the summit ...

Their goal was to ascertain if a route to the summit of Mount Everest could be found. Unlike our Everest Quest expedition, which is approaching the summit from the south side, these first ...

As you approach Camp II you must hike up the ... is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest. In this case the North Ridge drops thousands ...

If you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But a striking photo, taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, shows how the reality can be a lot ...

China says it will set up a "line of separation" at the summit of Mount Everest in order to prevent climbers mingling with others from Nepal. It comes less than a week after mountaineers and ...

A polar researcher turned National Geographic photographer, Bishop was on the first U.S. expedition to summit Everest. (See the story from the October 1963 issue of National Geographic.) ...

With the way through Nepal closed—it wouldn’t be open to foreigners until 1949—the only viable approach was via ... the first ...

In 1990 MacartneySnape returned once again to Mt Everest with the idea of climbing the mountain from the sea to the summit The idea had originally been floated by adventure cameraman Michael ...

In a 2004 study, Kayes observed that reaching Everest's summit became part of the climbers' social identity. The climbers wanted to reach their goal so badly, they made poor decisions in pursuit ...

Many summits are even higher than 26,000ft and the highest K-2 is exceeded only by Mt Everest," said Mr Al Refai. Pakistan has seven of the 16 tallest peaks in Asia. "The statistics are simply ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...