Mount Everest proudly stands as the tallest mountain in the world, towering at an incredible 8,849 meters (29,032 feet) above ...

Here are seven facts about the the highest mountain in the world that you may not know. Now that you've read all you need to know about Mount Everest, do you think you'd ever want to climb it?

As stories surface about Jim Whittaker and the celebration this Wednesday of the 50th anniversary of his becoming the first American to summit Mount Everest, a few interesting facts rise to the ...

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But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt. Everest's slopes in the decades since ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

There are many fascinating facts about Mount Everest — it's over 29,000 feet tall and still growing (studies have found it has gained between 49 and 164 feet in height over the past 89,000 years ...

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, hearing of the continuing British climbing expeditions to Mount Everest, came to India in 1933, hoping to be taken on for that year's expedition. He was not among those ...

While Everest remains the most climbed mountain above 8,000 meters, other Himalayan peaks in Nepal have also gained attention. Manaslu ranks second in terms of successful ascents, with 3,023 climbers ...