As the lone figure approached the summit of Mount Everest buffeted by winds zipping around its dizzyingly steep and ...

Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

Fancy climbing the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest? You'll have to overcome some of these obstacles on your way ...

The first international climbers reached the top of Everest on Sunday, but that sprinkling of summiters will have to suffice ...

A Darlington man battling terminal prostate cancer is set to take on an extraordinary endurance challenge in a bid to raise funds for a ...

Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and environmental impact.

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has ...

Mountaineer and endurance athlete, Tyler Andrews, took off yesterday from Mt. Everest base camp in an attempt to break the round-trip speed record to the summit ...