The world's highest mountain Mount Everest is 0.86m higher than had been previously officially calculated, Nepal and China have jointly announced. Until now the countries differed over whether to ...

Now you can find Thame on the map and explore other communities nestled at the base of Everest, like Khumjung and Phortse." You can start your trek above 13,000 feet here. In: Google Nepal Amanda ...

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.

Let Google be your virtual sherpa on a trip through Khumbu region. Apa Sherpa poses on the summit of Mount Everest with a memorial to mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary in an undated handout image ...

Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mt. Everest on Sunday from Kathmandu, Nepal, to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 29,032-foot summit during the spring climbing season.

Past the South Summit of Everest and climbing the Cornice Traverse with the Hillary Step in the background. Photo: KARMA TENZING The height of Mt Everest has grown by 86cm to now measure 8848.86m, the ...

But since the arrival of big commercial expeditions on Everest in the mid-1990s — complete with Sherpas to install climbing ropes, chefs to cook meals in camp, team doctors to monitor health ...

Everest's North Face has a rich and colorful history. Attempts on Mt. Everest from the north side began in the 1920's by British teams first led by George Mallory, but to no avail.

You have three months to prepare for the climb of your life: Mount Everest. Could you do it? Eric Gran could, and he did. Gran tells the tale of his climb, An Evening on Mt. Everest, in partnership ...