Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

However, any mountaineer who has ascended a 7,000m peak in any country should be allowed to scale Everest,” said Jamling, who had summited Mt Everest in 1996. Jamling is the son of Tenzing Norgay ...

We take a look at when the best time to climb Everest is, why it is that the climbing window is so short and why summer and ...

US entertainment trade publication Deadline, which first reported Outlander star Balfe's casting, says the film tells the story of "Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 ...

Nepal plans to restrict Everest expeditions to experienced climbers above 7,000 meters to reduce deaths and pollution.

Junko Tabei's summit of Everest on May 16, 1975 was not her hardest battle. It took her a lifetime to be acknowledged as a true pioneer.

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

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has ...

The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had ... the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has been marked, along with the ...

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

Caitríona Balfe has landed her first movie ... Films feature titled Tenzing. The upcoming movie will chart the life of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Edmund ...

Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.