Philip Henderson, the director of Full Circle Everest, continues to tell the mission’s story to outdoor groups and schools ...

Melissa Arnot Reid, the first American woman to climb and descend Everest without oxygen, pens a note to Whittaker, who ...

Kristin Harila, who holds the speed record on the 8000ers, will attempt the so-called Everest Triple Crown this spring as a ...

Mount Everest looms large in the minds of thrill-seekers (and vertigo-havers). It also looms large in Everest, a 2015 ...

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.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97.

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 ...

Everest has always been extremely dangerous, but its most fatal years on record have generally been related to a single disastrous event. For example, an avalanche in 2014 killed at least 12 Sherpa ...