Curiosity ensues whenever the Claremont Resort & Club changes hands. The Bay Area hotel is the definition of a landmark, ...

A now-iconic photo by climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja, taken on May 22, 2019, shows a line of hundreds snaking up the narrow ...

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the ...

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and environmental impact.

Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

Caitríona Balfe has landed her first movie role since wrapping production on Outlander. The actor, who will bow out as Claire ...

The Japanese Women's Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away ...

On 29 May 1953, Tenzing and Hillary "defied insurmountable odds" to become the first mountaineers confirmed to have reached the summit. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, pictured at their camp ...

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his ...

A restaurant in Galashiels named in honour of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest is aiming to clear a planning hurdle.

New Zealand was once a world leader in reading. In the early 1970s, as leading literacy educationalist Warwick Elley reminds ...

“We are delighted to have appointed Claudia Batten, Katrina Barry, David Downs, Prue Halstead and Dino Vendetti as trustees. Collectively they bring a remarkable balance of skills and international ...