Summiting Mount Everest in Nepal is often one of the most physically and emotionally grueling tasks you can do. It can take ...

Nepal plans to raise the cost of a permit to climb Mount Everest by 36%. A permit for the spring season is set to cost $15,000, up from $11,000. A veteran mountaineer says new prices will have little ...

As National Geographic noted, Everest was first summited in 1953, and in the intervening decades, it has become the "world's ...

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May 29 1953 is arguably the most important date in mountaineering history. At around 11:30am, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first people to stand on the summit of ...

On 11 May, 35 years ago, Tim Macartney-Snape stepped onto the summit of Mt Everest for the second time, in doing so, becoming ...

Ben is a journalist, writer, National Geographic Explorer, and humanitarian who has been based in Nepal for over 20 years. He regularly contributes to Outside’s coverage of Mount Everest and Himalayan ...

But on 20 May 2009, former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski (USA) became the first person to complete both incredible ...

Navy veteran Brian O'Malley will be attempting to summit Mount Everest in April. If he's successful, he will be the third American over 60 to do it and the first from the state of Georgia. O'Malley ...

The first black African to conquer Mt Everest is in Kenya to scale Mt Elgon for leisure. Sibusiso Vilane, a South African accomplished mountain climber, has had a string of successful hikes and won ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — An 82-year-old metro man defied the odds this weekend, potentially becoming the oldest person to trek to the South Base Camp of Mount Everest in Nepal. Eight days ago, David ...