Natalia Nagovitsyna was climbing the 24,406-foot Victory Peak but broke her leg and became stuck at an altitude of around ...

For some adventurers, scaling Mount Everest represents the ultimate test of grit and determination: a visual signifier of ...

The summit of Victory Peak, in the Tian Shan Mountain Range on the border with China, is 24,406 feet. Mount Everest, the ...

A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 19th time says he’s already planning his next attempt. Kenton Cool, 51 scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit on Sunday before flying ...

Mount Everest, long revered as the “roof of the world,” has in recent years earned a far less flattering title: the “highest ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the ...

Mount Everest faces rising deaths, trash, and Sherpa exploitation as Nepal enacts reforms to curb over-tourism by reducing ...

A Chinese climber was reportedly just a few thousand feet from reaching the summit of Mount Everest when he was forced back down the mountain for not having a permit. Outside magazine reports that ...

Guan Jing, a Chinese mountaineer, was descending the world's second-highest peak when she was hit by rocks and died on Aug.

Mount Everest shut down to climbers amid coronavirus outbreak Nepal and China decided to suspend climbing permits for the spring.

Climbers from Australia, India and the Netherlands were among those killed. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, rises behind Nuptse to a staggering 29,035 feet, in Khumbu District ...