First he found wheelchair basketball. Then, he started biking. Finally, he discovered mountain climbing—which led him to Everest. Austin Murphy details Glasbrenner’s incredible story here.

When the line relating maximal oxygen consumption to altitude was extrapolated all the way to the summit of Mt. Everest, it looked as though the mountain could not be climbed without supplementary ...

If you imagine the summit of Mount Everest, you might picture a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But a striking photo, taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, shows how the reality can be a lot ...

Though the 29,029-foot-high summit of Mount Everest was first conquered on foot by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953, it was conquered by air two decades earlier. In April 1933 ...

Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...

As glaciers melt at a greater pace, there are concerns among expedition operators that bodies are becoming exposed on Mount Everest. The mountain is one of the crown jewels for climbers - but with ...

Just because Mt. Everest is the world's tallest peak, that doesn't mean it's the most difficult to climb, according to three ...

Garrett Madison has mastered Mt. Everest. He's summited the world's tallest peak 14 times, and led more than 80 other ...

When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history by reaching the top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 - and returned to tell the tale - they doubted that the world's highest peak would ...

A new challenge. An inspiring community. A chance to invest in yourself. What if Mt. Everest and 29,029 vertical feet came to you? A new category of challenge that's equal parts physical ...

record holder for most summits on Mount Everest. There are the dreamers. There are the doers. And, then, there is Lhakpa Sherpa, the female world record holder for completing the most summits on ...