a body located 1,150 feet below the summit on the north face, serving as a grim waypoint for climbers A map detailing the precise locations where hundreds of climbers have died on Mount Everest ...

This growth may sound insignificant, but over centuries it shapes landscapes and alters the world map just slightly. This fact gives us a snapshot of the dynamic earth processes beneath our feet, ever ...

Using a method developed by his father and perfected at home in the Canadian Rockies, Wheeler was able to create the first map of Everest and one that is still in use today. Watch Wheeler’s Everest.

Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...