What makes a mountain grow, and what keeps it from reaching unimaginable heights? Mount Everest, rising 8,848.86 metres above sea level, offers a case study in the interplay of tectonics, erosion, ...

The rocks on the summit of Mount Everest were created in a warm and shallow sea many years before the Himalayas were formed.

After only a trickle of summits for several days because of stiff winds, a good weather window beginning tomorrow and extending for several days will usher in peak action on Everest. UK guide Kenton ...

For thousands of people worldwide, summiting Mount Everest is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. Kami Rita Sherpa, however, likely has a different perspective. This morning, the 54-year-old Sherpa ...

Two Chinese climbers have been praised for carrying out a dangerous and discouraged act on Mount Everest that saved another climber’s life. Fan Jiangtao and Xie Ruxiang from southern China’s Hunan ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the world's tallest, and one of its deadliest, mountains.

A journalist, climber, and public speaker, Alan Arnette is one of the world’s most respected chroniclers of Mount Everest. He climbed the world’s highest peak in 2011 and reached the summit of K2 in ...

Kathmandu, Nepal — Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita completed the scaling of Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, his second climb this month to the top of the world. The ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...