Mount Everest towers more than 29,000 feet above sea level.

Highland Park native Alex Pancoe, 38, who made headlines for his mountain climbing and fundraising as a cancer survivor, died ...

Tragedy struck on Makalu (8,485m / 27,840 feet), the world’s fifth-highest peak, when Alex Pancoe, 39, of Chicago, apparently suffered cardiac arrest at Camp 2 ...

Alex Pancoe, a 39-year-old American who previously survived a brain tumor, has died during a climbing expedition of Nepal’s ...

"The two had just finished dinner and were settling into their sleeping bags, chatting casually, when Alex suddenly became unresponsive." ...

Tim Howell from Martock, Somerset, will attempt to break the record for the world's highest base jump, jumping about 8,300m (27,231ft) from Lhotse, Mount Everest's neighbour. Mr Howell had attempted ...

A 39-year-old US climber died attempting to scale the world's fifth-highest mountain, Makalu, marking the second death of ...

Nepal is set to tighten regulations for Mount Everest climbers with a new law requiring climbers to first summit a 7,000-meter ...

A new bill proposes much-needed reforms of rules governing climbing and cleaning up the mountain.

Cleaning your house is a laborious and often thankless chore, but one expert has offered six ways for you to make the ...