The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that ... “Right now there is always a big crowd of people at the summit.” ...

About 5,000 people have reached the summit of Mount Everest since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first made it to the top in 1953. About 306 people have died climbing the mountain ...

Rising Prices, New Rules on Mount Everest The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on the mountain is not exactly uncommon. However, the discovery of a frozen ...

Mount Everest looks more like a landfill every year as crowds of adventurous climbers flock to its slopes. Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more ...

Reaching the top of Mount Everest - the highest point on the planet at 29,028 feet - is a feat only about 5,000 people have accomplished. The trek to the summit takes months of physical ...

The cost of a permit to ascend Everest will soon hit as much as $15,000, but a veteran climber says the increase won't keep people away from the peak.