The Himalayan giant, Kangchenjunga, attracts some of the world's greatest mountaineers but is also of great religious significance to local communities ...

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Since Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the 8,849-metre-high (29,031 ft.) Mount ...

In 1982, a small team set out to tackle the unclimbed East-Northeast Ridge of Everest. During the attempt, Pete Boardman and ...

College-graduation ceremonies are expressions of joy, but also of relief. As photos are taken, tassels turned, hugs exchanged ...

Apple's 'Tenzing' has tapped Genden Phuntsok for the lead role of sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who summited Mt. Everest in 1953.

In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a challenge that ...

The Philippines marked a milestone in Everest history in 2025 with three successful summits. But the season was also shadowed ...

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to ...

The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away ...

According to Nepal's Department of Mountaineering, 468 foreign climbers from 57 countries were given permits to climb Everest ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented ...

Chinese students in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that ...