In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...

Bachendri Pal never thought about being the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Born on May 24, 1954, in the Nakuri village of Uttarkashi, Bachendri Pal was the first girl from her village to ...

Earlier this year at least 11 people died or went missing on Mount Everest. Nine of the deaths occurred on the Nepali side of Everest and two on the Tibetan side, with four of them blamed on ...

Read More: What happens to your body in Mount Everest's 'Death Zone,' where 11 people have died in the past week But Everest isn't the only Himalayan peak on which climbers face the death zone.

Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki has died while attempting to scale Mount Everest. He was 35. His death has drawn widespread attention. Kuriki gained fame by posting his climbing adventures on the ...