Everest's peak stands at an impressive 8,849m above the ocean, making it the piece of land at the highest altitude on Earth.

Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person, navigated a four hour hike through the ...

Enlisting drones can help speed up the process to collect rubbish and reduce the danger for Sherpas. Read more at ...

Drones have been deployed to haul garbage from Everest’s Camp 1, which sits at 6,065 meters above sea level down to base camp ...

“We’re very happy,” said Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, a 33-year-old Sherpa at local expeditions firm Asian Trekking who has reached the summit of Everest 15 times. He estimates that about 70% of the garbage ...

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala Reflects on Her Journey to the Top of the World In the quiet of the Himalayan winds, where oxygen is ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...

After six years of failure, near-death experiences on Everest, and walking away just 900 metres from the summit, Samir Patham ...

A plaque has been installed at a school to commemorate a teacher who was part of the first expedition to conquer Mount Everest.

Surabathula recently graduated from Grade 8 at Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle School and will be attending Abbotsford Senior ...

How hard is it to hike and conquer Mount Everest? What was it like to be — literally — on top of the world? Jeno Panganiban ...

I would give anything to be able to climb with him,” Robert Alt, the president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, said.