The real risk in retirement is failing to plan for the "descent" — the psychological and lifestyle changes that occur after ...

Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea.

An Australian woman who died on Mount Everest last week after developing altitude sickness fell ill just 15 minutes short of reaching the summit, and her husband said Sunday that reaching the top ...

The Polish mountaineer achieves the Guinness World Record after linking Lhotse and Everest without oxygen in 1 day, 23 hours and 22 minutes, lowering the previous record by five days.

Could famed explorer George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine have conquered Mount Everest nearly three decades before Sir Edmund Hillary? Two British explorers are setting out to probe the mystery in ...

A 69 year-old double amputee reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepal side on Monday morning, on his fifth attempt ...

A Nepali Sherpa has reached the top of Everest for the 27th time, breaking the world record for total number of summits of the world’s tallest, and one of its deadliest, mountains. Kami Rita Sherpa, ...

A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher ...