While the world's highest mountain may appear breathtaking in broad daylight, it is nothing short of a nightmare when night ...

Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...

About 3,000 of Nepal's more than 10,000 Sherpas reside in the Khumbu valley, the gateway to the southern side of Mount Everest. Because their physical prowess at high altitudes is unmatched ...

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 ... of the U.S. print edition and ...

In 2024, Monday became the third Aggie to summit Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak. The first Aggie was Paul Obert, Class of 1973, who climbed the 29,032-foot peak on May 30, 2003 ...