86°56′ E on a map. To check out an extensive mapping of Mount Everest as performed by National Geographic's Alex Tait click here. For an interactive view of the world's tallest peak check ...

To understand the sheer scale of the issue, this shocking map reveals the true amount ... Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump.

Mount Everest is not only the tallest mountain above sea level but also a geological wonder that continues to change. Here ...

A Kenyan and a Nepali climber have died close to Mount Everest's summit, tourism officials said Thursday, taking this season's toll on the world's highest mountain to at least four. Three ...

A British climber and his guide who reached the summit of Mount Everest have been missing since ... anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world." ...

Mount Everest is on the move—rising and shifting northeast each year. GPS reveals tectonic forces and erosion are reshaping ...

His father was among the first Sherpa mountain guides. In addition to his Everest climbs, Kami Rita has scaled several other peaks that are among the world’s highest, including K2, Cho Oyu ...

KATHMANDU, – A British climber beat his own record on Sunday for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-Sherpa, making his 19th ascent of the world’s highest mountain, a hiking official said.

specializes in leading expeditions to climb the world’s most iconic and demanding peaks. Destinations include Mount Everest, K2, and many of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas.

Mount Everest is astoundingly tall at 29,032 feet above sea level, besting its Himalayan neighbors by hundreds of feet. But the world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in ...