History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

Communities, civil society, businesses, and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution, with official celebrations held in the Republic of ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was ...

A photographer dropped a huge lens during a safari in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Park. A thieving lion struck with cold ...

Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gas.

Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes ...

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

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak. The International Everest Day rally in Kathmandu on Thursday marks the first summit ...

Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest), at an altitude of 8848.86 meters, at 6:47 am on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Li Haorong, a 17-year-old teen from Beijing, reached the summit of ...

Kami Rita Sherpa has broken his own record for climbing to the summit of Mount Everest, reaching the peak for the 31st time on Tuesday. Now 55, Kami Rita first climbed to the top of the world's ...

He is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself,” it added. Mr Kami Rita first stood on the top of Mount Everest in 1994 when he was working for a commercial ...