Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak — about 170 ...

There have been many successful summits and at least two deaths on Everest this season, but it is early, and many climbers ...

An experienced Austrian mountaineer named Lukas Furtenbach has shortened Everest trips to weeks with “flash” expeditions that used hypoxic tents. He approached the four men with the idea of cutting ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking ...

Today, a 5.5 earthquake rocked the north side of Mount Everest. Climbers reported noticeable shaking, but the quake did not harm anyone, and teams continued the ...

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 ...

A general view of Mount Everest in Nepal, Sept. 30, 2024. A foot believed to belong to a British climber who went missing 100 years ago has been found on Everest, in a discovery that ...

Teams must prepare for a summit push on Mt. Everest in May by properly acclimatizing, ensuring the fixed ropes are in place, and establishing Camps 1-4 on the upper mountain through March and ...

By Robin George Andrews Mount Everest is many things ... then turns abruptly and cuts through a ridge near Everest. That suggests the upper and lower segments of the river were not always ...