ATLANTA, GA — A Metro Atlanta man has begun his attempt to reach the top of the world - literally. Retired U.S. Navy ...

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

From here, climbers have a stupendous view of the upper 8,000 ... The last 5,000 feet on Everest, including its distinct black pyramid summit, are not visible from Base Camp.

A star athlete at Marmion Academy who went on to play two sports at the U.S. Naval Academy, he truly enjoys the view at the top ... decided to attempt the Everest summit. But first, O’Malley ...

a Sherpa mountaineer who “holds the world record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest 21 times,” to help take stunning Street View images of the Khumbu region surrounding the world’s ...

Ben descending from the summit of Ama Dablam last year (Image: Ben Wright) He has been training for six months, doing lots of cardio and exerting himself while wearing a heavy backpack, even using a ...

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.) ...

The mountaineer and climber Vanessa Estol became on Saturday the first person of Uruguayan nationality to reach the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters above sea level). Vanessa, who also has ...

In 1990 MacartneySnape returned once again to Mt Everest with the idea of climbing the mountain from the sea to the summit The idea had originally been floated by adventure cameraman Michael ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

An MP will attempt to climb to the summit of Mount Everest and return to London within seven days, to raise awareness of veteran welfare. Veterans and people minister Alistair Carns, with three ...