The Latest Breaking News from Mount Everest

LUCKNOW: On May 21, 2016, as the clock struck 8.30am, Aparna Kumar, an IPS officer and a mother of two, was on top of the world, literally, as she had become the first police officer to scale the mighty Mount Everest. Seven years on, Kumar, who has already completed the…

‘Through his satellite phone, he told me that he had made it to the summit. But then he followed with bad news, saying he would not be able to make it down’

One of the greatest mountain guides has regained his title for the most climbs of Mount Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time

In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a…

Pasang Dawa Sherpa reached the summit of the world's highest peak on Sunday for the 26th time. Since making his first successful of climb of the peak in 1998, Dawa has made the trip almost every year.

A Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 26th time, matching the record set by a fellow Nepalese guide for the most ascents of the world's highest peak

A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.

Data from world’s highest weather station shows wind chill plunging to −83C and frostbite possible in less than a minute

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.