One hundred years ago, two men set out to summit Mount Everest. Neither of them returned. British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine tried to be the first to reach the top of Everest ...

This Everest season, Karl Egloff and Tyler Andrews will try speed ascents. Kaji Sherpa holds the record, set in 1998, but not everyone believed his story.

As Nepal moves to reform safety on Mt Everest, some of the peak's most respected guides question whether the new rules will ...

The last 5,000 feet on Everest, including its distinct black pyramid summit, are not visible from Base Camp. Contrary to what most people believe, some of the most difficult days on Everest are in ...

A pair of friends from Clacton and Brightlingsea have caught a glimpse of Mount Everest's summit as they share pictures from their trip.

When the line relating maximal oxygen consumption to altitude was extrapolated all the way to the summit of Mt. Everest, it looked as though the mountain could not be climbed without supplementary ...

A polar researcher turned National Geographic photographer, Bishop was on the first U.S. expedition to summit Everest. (See the story from the October 1963 issue of National Geographic.) ...

Starting with the the 26 year old Nepalese Sherpa Pemba Dorji. On 21 May he set a staggering new record for Everest Base Camp - Summit: 8 hours 10 minutes, over 2.5 hours faster than the 12 hours 43 ...