Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to ...

Teams prepare for a summit push on Mt. Everest in May by acclimatizing, establishing a route to the top with fixed ropes, and preparing Camps 1-4 on the upper mountain. By now, climbers have ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain — towering 5.5 miles above sea level — and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an ...

Today, a 5.5 earthquake rocked the north side of Mount ... havoc on the upper mountain, but his team continues to progress. No avalanches were reported on the Northeast Ridge of Everest, and ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Adventurers Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay stand atop the world as the first climbers to reach the summit. Read more.