The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away ...

Kathmandu rally marks 72 years since first Everest summit A rally wound through the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday, marking 72 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first stood atop Everest ...

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His achievement ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak. The ...