May 29 1953 is arguably the most important date in mountaineering history. At around 11:30am, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first people to stand on the summit of ...

Climbing Mount Everest is no small feat. But 65-year-old Len Forkas's mission to reach the summit is even bigger than climbing the world's highest peak. The tech entrepreneur and endurance athlete is ...

Climbers from around the world will soon complete their Mt. Everest preparations, and their expeditions will depart for Base ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the bar ...

It started in the pub, over a couple of beers. Four ex-military friends had been speaking about taking on an adventurous trip to raise money for a veterans’ charity, when one brought up the prospect ...

A Boise man is in Nepal, preparing to climb to the highest point on earth. Alexander Clarke says he'll have to stay at base camp for more than a month before he can even start his journey up Mount ...

A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased. Four British ...

Fox News Senior Correspondent Mike Tobin has completed one of the riskiest feats in the world: climbing Mount Everest. Along with a team, Tobin hiked the mountain in the Himalayas, reaching the ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and waste, a ...

Everest, Earth's highest mountain, needs no introduction. At 29,032 feet, it sits not only at the top of the world, but at the top of countless bucket lists. Forty thousand people trek to Everest Base ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Using xenon gas ...