By some metrics, Everest most certainly is the tallest mountain in the world—standing at an impressive 29,031.69 feet —but it ...

Summiting Mount Everest in Nepal is often one of the most physically and emotionally grueling tasks you can do. It can take ...

A secret CIA mission in 1965 to spy on China resulted in a lost nuclear device on Nanda Devi. American and Indian climbers ...

It is perhaps the great con of our times—for years now, travel has been sold to us as this horizon-expanding, mind-broadening, self-improvement experience. It’s really quite remarkable how the modern ...

In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American team to ...

Gauchan said that the helicopter’s instrument panel provides a color-coded safety scale of green, yellow, and red. “During ...

When adventurers talk about Mount Everest, most often it's about climbing the world's highest peak. In October, Jim Morrison became the first person to ski down Everest’s most dangerous route. The ...

Another body has been discovered on Mount Everest, having been exposed by melting ice. A video that has been circulating on social media shows the remains of a frozen climber and is right below.

Julia Lyubova, 44, summited the tallest mountain in the world this past spring Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending content across ...

He helped make and distribute millions of LSD tablets in the 1970s. After seven years in prison, he ran mountain climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. By Richard Sandomir Henry Todd, a Scotsman who ...

A viral Reddit video revealed the disgusting state of Mount Everest, with massive amounts of waste left behind by climbers.