In June of 1924, mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine disappeared during an attempt to be the first people to summit Mount Everest. While Mallory’s remains were ...

Your support makes all the difference. Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing. Everest is ...

Various FKTs have tumbled at his hands (or feet), including the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc. In 2017, he ascended to Everest’s ...

Mount Everest, Earth’s tallest mountain, has been growing faster than expected. Scientists now say this is likely caused by a long ago collision of two nearby rivers. The process responsible is ...

But that wasn’t to be. Irvine, a 22-year-old University of Oxford student, and his colleague George Mallory perished somewhere near Everest’s peak in June 1924. Whether they made it remains ...

After Everest, Steinwald will have summited the three highest of the seven summits. Mount Kilimanjaro, the 20,000-foot peak in Tanzania; Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s 16,000-foot peak; Mont Blanc ...

But descending Mont Blanc in 2023 pointed out that he wasn’t as strong as he’d like to be. When he set the goal of reaching ...

Here's why the lost explorer’s remains were hunted for so long—and what finding them now could mean. Sandy Irvine seen with the oxygen cylinders that he helped to manage for the 1924 expedition.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s Everest time again, and this year’s $20 million race is even more highly anticipated than normal given speculation that ...

Everest. TRAIL takes this vertical challenge ... Jackson Hole, Whistler and Mont Tremblant. She can now add the 2024 TRAIL accomplishment to her impressive list of endurance adventures.

But descending Mont Blanc in 2023 pointed out that he wasn’t as strong as he’d like to be. When he set the goal of reaching Everest base camp the year he turned 60, he reached out to a trainer ...