BEIJING — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting ...

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

Jim Morrison, 50, accomplished the feat at 7:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday. An American skier made history on Wednesday as the first to descend Mount Everest's notoriously narrow north face route.

A storm buried tents and stranded people on the mountain last weekend. Some experts think it might have set a record. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times. The ...

The nearly 900 hikers, mountain guides and other staffers who were stranded by a blizzard on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have all been rescued, according to state media. A severe storm struck ...

Maybe you saw a dramatic Tweet or two, or your uncle Ron sent you one of the many videos circulating on Facebook. I’m willing to bet that, at some point in the last few days, you learned that several ...

Hundreds of hikers and their guides were rescued from the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding area after a weekend of heavy snowfall that made swaths of Mount Everest ...

Beijing — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend blizzard in a valley on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. The ...

HERRIMAN — Jason Wardle turned 50 in February, said he and some of his cousins — who all live in Utah and are the same age — wanted to make the most of the milestone. "We all turned 50 this year and ...

All stranded trekkers near Mount Everest’s eastern face in Tibet have been rescued after a massive operation involving local guides, villagers, and officials. The search-and-rescue mission, one of the ...

BEIJING — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm ...