China's "economic miracle", combined with its desire to develop ... "We had not been able to gather much information locally about Mount Everest. A few of the shepherds said that they had heard that ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

Mount Everest is the world's tallest and perhaps most famed peak. ... China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and are made up of three parallel ranges. How tall is Mount Everest?

The world has a fascination with Mount Everest – one that brings both money and destruction to Nepal's Himalayan region. Now, ...

This photograph taken on May 31, 2021 shows mountaineers looking back at Camp 4 during their ascend to the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal.

The epicenter was in a remote high-altitude region about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the China-Nepal border. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports for Early Today.

Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry all that and more – 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person – navigating a four-hour hike ...

The Southeast Ridge ascent passes the familiar landmarks that, over the decades, have come to define the peak: Khumbu Icefall ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.

Everest is known as Qomolangma ("holy mother") in Tibetan. For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet.

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet. Adrian Ballinger, who has summited Everest eight times ...