Standing on the summit of Mount Everest feels like reaching the highest possible point on Earth. The mountain rises nearly ...

In her 60s, Eva Steinwald started climbing mountains. Last year, she summited Mount Everest. She shares the mental resilience ...

In May this year, two Indian climbers died on Mount Everest’s southern slopes in Nepal. Arun Kumar Tiwari reached ...

1. Way back in 1924, British climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared while attempting to become the first people to summit Mount Everest. Nearly 100 years later, nobody knows whether ...

A record 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, the highest number to reach the summit from the mountain’s south side in a single day, a Nepali hiking official said.

For thousands of people worldwide, summiting Mount Everest is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement. Kami Rita Sherpa, however, likely has a different perspective. This morning, the 54-year-old Sherpa ...

A window of calm conditions on Mount Everest allowed more than 100 climbers to reach the summit on Wednesday, May 17. Multiple expedition operators reported their successes throughout the day, among ...

Dawa Sherpa was airlifted to Kathmandu, where doctors treated him for frostbite, severe dehydration and a fractured thigh bone.

A Mount Everest veteran tells CBS News why retrieving "Green Boots," whose remains have become a grim waypoint for climbers, would be a perilous mission.

Shriya Shah-Klorfine had dreamed of climbing Everest since childhood, even though she had little relevant climbing experience ...