In this week’s Dispatches from Everest video, Ben Ayers dives into the simmering debate over this topic. And he does so from Ground Zero of the argument: the giant spray painted rock at Mount ...

The Debate Over Mount Everest’s Name In his latest video dispatch, our writer explains the naming debate surrounding the world’s highest peak Published: May 7, 2025 ...

Mount Everest is many things. It’s called Chomolungma in Tibetan, and Sagarmatha in Nepali. It’s an iconic part of Earth’s topography, a potentially lethal climbing challenge and a geologic ...