The last 5,000 feet on Everest, including its distinct black ... The climbers' first small victory of the day, the South Summit is a ping pong table-size dome of snow and ice at 28,700 feet.

Climbers are searching for ways to climb the highest mountains in the world in shorter time periods, including the use of controversial substances.

Patrick Monday became the second Aggie in Texas A&M history to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the world ... VIESTURS: On a typical summit day we would get up at around 9 PM, and start preparing to leave at 11 PM. It takes at least two hours to ...

Reaching the summit of Mount Everest was once considered ... cell production enough to cut a 10-week expedition to a seven-day trip. One of the biggest obstacles mountaineers face when climbing ...

An Austrian guide will soon lead trips up the world’s highest peak in less time than an average beach holiday. Is adventure travel going too high, too fast?

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than ...

They have scheduled one more day for the descent ... A traffic jam meters away from the summit of Everest. Image: Vanayak Malla At high altitudes, speed is life, as climbers Inaki Ochoa de ...

Nisha Kumari, the first woman from Vadodara to summit Mount Everest, embarked on a cycle expedition from Vadodara to London ...