Does a real video show a rich executive trying to override a sherpa's decision to wait by paying him to keep going to the ...

Mount Everest's "death zone" begins at 26,247 feet and stretches until its summit. Here's what happens to your mind and body, according to those who climbed it.

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.

It’s the first footage to show ski mountaineer Jim Morrison’s ascent, summit, and history-making first ski descent down the ...

Two Chinese climbers have been praised for carrying out a dangerous and discouraged act on Mount Everest that saved another climber’s life. Fan Jiangtao and Xie Ruxiang from southern China’s Hunan ...

Jim Morrison, a 50-year-old professional skier, became the first to ski down Mount Everest's most treacherous route earlier ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- 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.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Kanchha Sherpa, the only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering ...

Bayfield's Lori Schneider and her climbing companions have left Camp 4 for their bid to reach the 29,035-foot-high summit of Mount Everest. Schneider and the other clients Alpine Ascents International ...

A journalist, climber, and public speaker, Alan Arnette is one of the world’s most respected chroniclers of Mount Everest. He climbed the world’s highest peak in 2011 and reached the summit of K2 in ...

After a two-month expedition in the Himalayas, Summit County resident Kevin Cook got one step closer to accomplishing his dream of summiting all seven of the summits of the world by standing atop ...