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

In a time when climbers often choose their own ambitions over assisting others, I recall the heroic efforts of Simone Mora in ...

It is what happens in that narrow band that ultimately determines the elevation of the world's highest mountain. Why is the Tibetan Plateau, to Everest's north, so flat, whereas mountains abound ...

Remains found on Mount Everest may have belonged to the British climber Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared along ...

US mountaineers recently discovered the boot, sock and foot of Andrew Irvine on Mount Everest. But does this mean he might ...

Hong Kong university students travelling in Tibet were released after being detained by mainland public security officers for two days at Mount Everest’s Tibet base camp, according to local ...

The best time to visit Tibet is from June to August ... better visibility than the summer months if you've come to see Mount Everest. Winter is characterized by freezing temperatures.

What ultimately formed Mt. Everest, about 60 million years ago ... its inexorable collision with southern Asia, including Tibet. The heavy ocean floor north of India acted like a giant anchor ...

An Irish climber who was part of the first successful Everest expedition in 1993 has died in a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. Richard O’Neill-Dean, originally from Stackallen, Co Meath, fell ...

A long-distance trek through Nepal’s Everest region offers lessons in Sherpa culture, rural mountain living, and humility.

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — ...

Front row (left to right) - Edward Shebbeare, Geoffrey Bruce, Howard Somervell and Bentley Beetham, Tibet, China, Mount Everest Expedition 1924. (Photo by J.B. Noel/Royal Geographical Society via ...