It's "one thing to get to the top of a mountain, but it's not really a complete job until you get safely back down to the bottom. I have been the hero of Mount Everest. I'm regarded as such ...

The Hornbein Couloir poses a fantasy ski descent that only two parties have ever attempted. Neither was successful.

Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing. Everest is known to be growing by about 2mm a year ...

While 'Rainbow Valley' sounds like a nice place to be, the reasoning behind the name is much more sinister and refers to the ...

Plastic pollution is choking the planet. From the bottom of the Mariana trench to the top of Mount Everest, there is little ...

Climbers attempting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak ... three tonnes of human excrement between camp one at the bottom of Everest and camp four, towards the summit.

I had done my homework, reading extensively about him, his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay, and their historic ascent of Mount Everest on May ... and back down to the bottom again.” ...

Why climb Mount Everest? “Because it’s there,” George ... Sherpas sleep “cheek by jowl” as their morale hit “rock bottom.” ...