Nepal is poised to enact a new law that could significantly restrict access to Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, amid growing concerns over climber deaths and overcrowding. The proposed ...

By some metrics, Everest most certainly is the tallest mountain in the world—standing at an impressive 29,031.69 feet —but it ...

Mount Everest expedition operators are finding increasing numbers of climbers' dead bodies on the world's highest peak as high temperatures melt glaciers and snow. More than 200 mountaineers have died ...

The bodies of four climbers who failed their Everest challenge and left little clue as to their identity have thrown up a new challenge for Nepalese authorities who control the world's tallest peak.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian and a Filipino climber have died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world’s highest peak, expedition organizers said ...

Why, then, would such a gifted athlete and climber retire after summiting Mount Everest well over a dozen times? The answer can be found in the documentary Everest Dark, making its world premiere on ...