When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually crowded with giants. Nearly all of them are clustered in the Himalayas and ...

Mount Everest, known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, has long been a target for thrill seekers, climbers, and adventurers. Climbing Earth’s tallest mountain can be a dangerous ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet and is still growing. A river merger from 89,000 years ago is partly responsible for Everest’s continued height increase. The mountain gains up to 2 millimeters per ...

Mount Everest is 29,032 feet tall, and every year, hundreds attempt to climb it. Its fatality rate is 1%. Here are five ...

Mount Everest stands 8,849 metres tall and continues to grow by a few millimetres each year. A study conducted in the 1980s ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest female to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the world said Thursday that inexperienced climbers should not be ...

A woman has become the first from America to reach the summit of all 14 of the world’s tallest mountains. Tracee Metcalfe, 50, from Vail, Colorado, completed the feat on Friday by climbing 26,335ft / ...

Google Maps’ Street View is becoming less and less about photographing the road to grandma’s house and more about getting you off the road entirely. The tech giant’s latest project, unveiled today, ...