Since Edmund Hillary got all the credit for the first ascent of Mount Everest, the role of his sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, has been recognized as at least equally important. Now, an avalanche has killed ...

“Climbing Everest” has become a shorthand for doing the impossible, working hard and striving for a goal. But as the biographical drama Everest illustrates, summiting the world’s highest peak is not ...

Nepal aims to restrict inexperienced climbers as overcrowding, traffic jams and preventable deaths raise safety alarms on the ...