Mount Everest

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American climber on history-making ski down Mount Everest's most challenging route

  • Oct 27, 2025
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American is 1st person to ski down Mount Everest’s most challenging route

  • Oct 27, 2025
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Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97

Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died

  • Apr 8
National Geographic Documentary Films

American climber speaks out after history-making ski down Mount Everest

  • Oct 27, 2025
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Summiting and skiing Mount Everest

  • Oct 16, 2025

After spreading his late partner's ashes on Mount Everest, skier makes history

  • Oct 15, 2025

American skier becomes first to descend Mount Everest's most challenging route

  • Oct 15, 2025

Hundreds were rescued from a surprise blizzard on Mount Everest. Here's what happened

  • Oct 12, 2025

Mount Everest snowstorm leaves hundreds of hikers trapped

  • Oct 6, 2025

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Long-lost Mt. Everest climber may have been found

  • Oct 11, 2024
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Sherpa rescues a climber struggling on Mount Everest's 'death zone'

  • Jun 1, 2023
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Drone captures stunning views above Mount Everest

  • Sep 6, 2022
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1st all-Black team summits Mount Everest

  • May 14, 2022
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1st Peruvian woman to summit Everest on barriers she faced

  • Jan 31, 2022
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Climbers weigh COVID-19 risk on Mount Everest

  • May 25, 2021
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Lawyer becomes second American to die on Mount Everest this week

  • May 27, 2019
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2nd American climber dies on Mount Everest

  • May 28, 2019
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Everest climber remembers American man who died on mountain this week

  • May 28, 2019
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Growing crisis on Mount Everest

  • May 28, 2019
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Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest

Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui and his guide, Nawang Sherpa, went missing Wednesday.

  • May 23, 2024

6 dead in helicopter crash near Mount Everest

A search helicopter faced "adverse" weather near the crash site, officials said.

  • Jul 11, 2023

How a sherpa rescued a climber struggling on Mount Everest's 'death zone'

It took several hours for the sherpa to haul the climber down to base camp.

  • Jun 1, 2023

Coronavirus cases on Mount Everest again beg the question: Is it worth the risk?

A chaotic, stressful and costly time above 18,000 feet -- with some successes.

  • Jun 15, 2021
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Veteran Mount Everest climber talks recent tragedies, climbing safety

David Morton, a veteran climber, discusses why 11 people have died this year climbing the mountain and what steps can be implemented to prevent this from happening in the future.

  • May 28, 2019