I'm a frequent traveler who's taken hundreds of flights in my life, but one stands out as the best ... with Mount Everest standing tall above the rest. The beautiful view literally made me ...

People who live in the Nepalese mountains have been guiding foreign climbers up the world's tallest mountain since the 1920s.

Four British men hopped on a plane Friday in London, flew roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal and then boarded a ...

An experienced Austrian mountaineer named Lukas Furtenbach has shortened Everest trips to weeks with “flash” expeditions that used hypoxic tents. He approached the four men with the idea of cutting ...

Decades ago, Mount Everest was conquered by a triumph of human spirit. This month, a triumph of ingenuity allowed a group of ...

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global ...

At 8,849 metres (29,032 ft), reaching the peak of Mount Everest has long been considered one of mountaineering's greatest challenges. However, climbers of the future might have an even tougher ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese ... briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

On Thursday, Symmonds fulfilled a longtime goal, submitting the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, and becoming ...