Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The majority of guides who lead tourists up Mount Everest are Sherpas, an ethnic group. Some Sherpa guides predict that soon, no ...

Kristin Harila, who holds the speed record on the 8000ers, will attempt the so-called Everest Triple Crown this spring as a ...

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Huffing and puffing, we stagger up the glacier in darkness. The metallic crunch of crampons in frozen snow cuts through the ...

Whittaker trained Army soldiers at Camp Hale during the Korean War before becoming the first American to summit Everest and later becoming the CEO of REI.

Whittaker ascended Everest in 1963, 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled the peak.

Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth. It stands at an incredible 29,032 feet and grows about 0.16 inches a year, just one of the intriguing facts about the world's tallest mountain. Summiting ...

Kokichi Akuzawa, 102, has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to summit Mount Fuji, despite almost giving up during his trek in early August. "I was really tempted to give ...

This week's Daytonian of the Week, Cheryl Dillin, will set off next month to climb the 10th most prominent peak in the world — Mt. Elbrus, to honor the nation's veterans, Purple Heart recipients and ...