What once seemed like a climb for the athletic elite is becoming more accessible. Find out how this "secret weapon" is ...

King Cobras, the longest venomous snakes in the world, are normally found in thick forests of India, Southeast Asia, and the ...

Eva Steinwald recently conquered Mount Everest's 29,000-foot summit, becoming one of the oldest Americans to stand atop the world's highest peak.

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit ...

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh congratulates NCC cadets who reached Everest's peak in May 2025, exemplifying youth resilience.

Scottish priest scales Everest to keep a Christmas vow — and plants a seed for Nepal’s first high-altitude parish.

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa) Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in ...

It’s no secret that Mt. Everest has been polluted with trash, dead bodies, oxygen bottles and the like since the advent of ...

With recent cuts to USAID, and dangerous over-crowding on the world’s highest peak, Nepal faces serious challenges. Two ...

David Sullivan's defibrillator on Mount Everest wound up saving a life, highlighting the importance of CPR training and ...

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 ...

The spring climbing season has come to an end on Mt. Everest. The annual phenomenon of the Jet Stream moving several hundred miles north of the Himalayas, which ...