This is a true story. A story about love, adventure and the impossible. It’s also a story about my family. In 1956 my grandfather was part of the Swiss Everest Expedition, the second in history ...

Mount Everest, the total number of deaths per year would decrease. Unfortunately, this is far from true. Sadly, 2023 was one of the deadliest years in the mountain's history, with a total death ...

It was the call the family of a young British climber who went missing on Everest 100 years ago had given up hope of ever getting. Last month, a team of climbers filming a National Geographic ...

In 1950, western mountaineers approached Everest through Nepal, rather than Tibet, and saw for the first time the formidable Khumbu Icefall which constitutes the mountain's southern defences.

The quake caught him in his tent at Camp 1 on Everest, midway between the Khumbu Glacier and the Lho La. He called ExplorersWeb right after arriving back in town, unharmed but "a bit shaken." ...

Wells missed out only on summiting the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, despite his best efforts. Shortly after abandoning Everest, Wells summited another type of mountain ...

Ever wonder why there are so many folks queuing up to climb Mt. Everest? As the peak is a whopping 29,035 feet above sea level, the highest point on Earth and where jetliners fly, reaching the top ...

Benjamin Chan Ka-hei, the 19-year-old, who on Monday became the youngest person from Hong Kong to climb Mount Everest, Earth’s highest mountain, said that he wasn’t interested in university ...