Sitting only 70 miles south of the equator as compared to Mount Everest’s distance of 1900 miles north, the 20,564-foot Chimborazo benefits substantially from this bulge. The South American peak ...

Everest anniversary: 12 little-known facts about the world's highest mountain As the 60th anniversary of the triumphant 1953 British expedition to Everest approaches, here are some facts about the ...

Mount Everest, set within Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage site, is a fragile ecosystem. Recently, it has been predicted that global warming could melt as much as two-thirds of the ...

Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, a U ...

Under a new rule, climbers on Mount Everest must now use special bags to carry their own feces off the mountain. More 8,000 kilograms of human waste was left on Everest last year.

Mt. Everest ice that took 2,000 years to form has melted in 25 years Isabella O'Malley, M.Env.ScReporter Published on Feb. 8, 2022, 4:25 PM Updated on Feb. 8, 2022, 4:26 PM ...

KATHMANDU – A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...

Mount Everest was referred to as Peak XV in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1856, which also provided the first official estimate of its height at 29,002 feet. 2.