The incredible story of how India was mapped and the Himalayas measured by Shruthi Rao and Meera Iyer tells the story of the ...

The world has a fascination with Mount Everest – one that brings both money and destruction to Nepal's Himalayan region. Now, ...

Mount Everest is the world's tallest and perhaps most famed peak. It draws seasoned and amateur climbers alike and miraculously keeps growing.

KATHMANDU, – A British climber beat his own record on Sunday for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-Sherpa, making his 19th ascent of the world’s highest mountain, a hiking official said.

Almost all of the English-speaking world mispronounces the mountain named for George Everest (against his wishes).

Mount Everest, the name most commonly used by Westerners, dates back to the Nineteenth Century and the British colonization of India.

An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said ...

Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday.

Bengaluru’s Mekhri Circle marks the starting point of an extraordinary scientific journey—the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, which led to the discovery of Mount Everest’s height ...

Nepal has decided to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. The last revision in the free was undertaken in 2015, when Nepal ditched the a group-based ...

An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said ...