The climbers who have shared images of the litter have helped to raise awareness about how carelessness is lessening what ...

As Nepal’s high mountains, including Mount Everest, have been struggling with decades of waste accumulation, the Nepali government has introduced a five-year plan to keep the mountains clean.

Gauchan said that the helicopter’s instrument panel provides a color-coded safety scale of green, yellow, and red. “During ...

As National Geographic noted, Everest was first summited in 1953, and in the intervening decades, it has become the "world's ...

Manita Pradhan, a 42-year-old mountaineer from Sikkim, scaled Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica at over ...

In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American team to ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet, the highest point on Earth. It’s a symbol of human dreams and goals. Since 1953, about 4,000 climbers have reached its top. This mountain, known as Sagarmatha in ...

On International Mountain Day, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) in Darjeeling turned the spotlight on the unsung ...

Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig has made history by becoming the first Pakistani to ski to the last degree of the South Pole. This milestone cements her status as a leading figure in global ...

Ahmedabad: The date, Dec 15, will remain special for this couple from Ahmedabad. On this day, Dr Hemant Leuva, professor of ...

Summiting Mount Everest in Nepal is often one of the most physically and emotionally grueling tasks you can do. It can take ...

Bear Grylls has done some really hard things; fighting off a boa constrictor in a flooded ravine, drinking liquid from elephant dung in the dry Savannah, climbing Mount Everest. But the world-famous ...