Nepal plans to raise the cost of a permit to climb Mount Everest by 36%. A permit for the spring season is set to cost $15,000, up from $11,000. A veteran mountaineer says new prices will have little ...

NEW DELHI – British mountaineer Kenton Cool has scaled new heights — once again — by reaching the summit of Mount Everest for a record-breaking 19th time as a non-Sherpa climber. The 51-year-old ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.

Mount Everest has an elevation of 29,032 feet above sea level. Since 1998, Pasang Dawa has stood at that elevation 26 times. Only 6,388 people have ever climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain on ...

A new Fox Nation documentary follows Fox News' own Mike Tobin to the top of Mount Everest as he explores what draws mountaineers to the planet's tallest peak — and what it takes to make it back alive.