A newly released map provides a stark visualization of the numerous fatalities on Mount Everest, underscoring the extreme dangers faced by climbers Since 1921, over 330 people have died while ...

This growth may sound insignificant, but over centuries it shapes landscapes and alters the world map just slightly. This ...

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.

Ian Taylor tackled the world's highest mountain in 2008 and has now offered insight to the realities of the challenge ...

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 ...