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

The 13-year-old and his parents hiked over 150 kilometres to reach Everest Base Camp, which is considered a challenging multi ...

The Southeast Ridge ascent passes the familiar landmarks that, over the decades, have come to define the peak: Khumbu Icefall ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the ...

“We’re very happy,” said Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, a 33-year-old Sherpa at local expeditions firm Asian Trekking who has reached ...

Forces of tourism on one hand and climate change on the other are posing huge challenges for these marginal environments.

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

Hiking Everest requires climbers to not only reach the top of the 29,031-foot mountain, but also shuttle themselves from base camp to 20,000 feet and back —and then again to 23,000 feet — during the ...

The summit photo showed a not-so-happy-looking kid wrapped in mountain clothes too big for him, flanked by two adults holding ...

Climbing Mount Everest is widely considered one of the most difficult challenges a mountaineer can undertake. Its towering ...

Nanga Parbat has earned the moniker of a 'Killer Mountain' in the mountaineering community due to its reputation of regularly ...