The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to conquer Mount Everest is unhappy with the current state of the mountain, saying it is now crowded and dirty and not being revered as ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Six decades after it was conquered, mountaineers complain that the summit of Mount Everest ...

Ever wonder why there are so many folks queuing up to climb Mt. Everest ... way I’d go to Everest. From a calculated-risk perspective, it’s just too dangerous with the crowds.

and prayed for an auspicious journey as the two departed for Mt. Everest's summit to make history. He lamented on the crowds of climbers that come to attempt Everest every year, which results in ...

But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt. Everest's slopes in the decades since ...

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our guide to help you prepare.