High above the Himalayas, where the air grows thin and the risks rise, a drone roughly the weight of a baby yak, but with ...

Mount Everest, the most familiar peak to people. Mountaineers regard climbing Everest as a glory of self-conquest, while ...

Between mid-April and mid-May, the drones operated by Nepal-based firm Airlift Technology handled more than 280 kilograms of ...

The expression goes “everyone has their own Everest to climb,” but one Illinois man took it literally and embarked on a<a ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers explains why climbers and guides frequently catch the dreaded “Khumbu Cough” ...

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

Where is Mount Everest on a map? Mount Everest lies at the coordinates 27°59′ N, 86°56′ E on a map. To check out an extensive mapping of Mount Everest as performed by National Geographic's ...

Located on the border with China’s Tibet, Solukhumbu’s crowning glory is Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,849 metres (29,032 feet), but it also hosts Lhotse (8,516 metres ...

FILE - British mountaineers George Mallory is seen with Andrew Irvine at the base camp in Nepal, both members of the Mount Everest expeditions 1922 and 1924, as they get ready to climb the peak of ...

Remains found on Mount Everest could help solve 100-year-old mystery 00:33. An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest, as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale ...