The government of Nepal held a celebration Monday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 24, 1975, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston stood on the summit of Everest after the first complete ascent of the Southwest ...

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With recent cuts to USAID, and the dangerous over-crowding on the world’s highest peak, Nepal faces serious challenges. Two Everest experts answer questions about it at The Explorers Club. Contributor ...

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit Mount Everest (29,032 feet) without supplemental oxygen. It was a major ...

Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet, with the north side of the peak occupying the latter and the ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world's highest mountain.

The Polish mountaineer achieves the Guinness World Record after linking Lhotse and Everest without oxygen in 1 day, 23 hours ...

American ultrarunner Tyler Andrews will return to Nepal this September to chase the record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Andrews, 35, is heading back to the peak ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Kanchha Sherpa, last survivor of the historic 1953 Mount Everest expedition, died Thursday at 92 in Kathmandu, ...

The risk of losing fingers and toes forced a Lincoln businessman to abandon his second attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest last week, according to his wife. Patty Kay, whose husband, Robert, ...