Show more British mountaineer and former soldier Leslie Binns was just 400 metres from achieving his lifelong dream of reaching the summit of Everest, when he came across an Indian climber ...

From here, climbers have a stupendous view of the upper 8,000 feet of Everest—the first glimpse ... can see across half a continent. 150 feet below the summit, climbers heading down often ...

For Everest summit hopefuls the royalty fee is only the start of the overall cost for an expedition, with prices reportedly ranging from around $33,000 to $200,000 depending on the type ...

All formidable peaks, but none of them bear the title of ‘World’s Most Deadly Mountain.’ Though climbers perish on all three peaks virtually every season, they have a low fatality rate.

A polar researcher turned National Geographic photographer, Bishop was on the first U.S. expedition to summit Everest. (See the story from the October 1963 issue of National Geographic.) ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

BEIJING--A Chinese government-backed team plans to summit ... 13 meters in 1975 and 8,844.43 meters in 2005. China has also taken advantage of the lack of climbers to collect garbage from Everest ...

A Nepalese mountaineering association says Kuriki was found collapsed near a camp on the mountain at an altitude of 7,400 meters ... Mount Everest. This was his 8th attempt to reach the summit ...

From here, climbers have a stupendous view of the upper 8,000 feet of Everest—the first glimpse ... can see across half a continent. 150 feet below the summit, climbers heading down often ...

For Everest summit hopefuls the royalty fee is only the start of the overall cost for an expedition, with prices reportedly ranging from around $33,000 to $200,000 depending on the type, length and ...