Last week’s announcement that a boot and partial remains believed to belong to the British explorer Sandy Irvine had been ...

When Sandy Irvine went on a pioneering expedition to Mount Everest’s summit in 1924, he and his partner vanished. The recent ...

A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height ...

Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, has challenged Mount Everest for the title of the ...

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — ...

Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — He was once guiding in the Himalayas, once living his dream as a young Sherpa leading the way up Mount ...

LLC Mount Everest is one of the tallest mountains in the world, coming in at No. 10. 3,965.8 miles away from the Earth’s core, it is 18,875 feet above sea level. While there are taller mountains ...

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who ...

A group led by filmmaker Jimmy Chin found the boot of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, the British climber who vanished on Everest ...

George Mallory and Andrew Comyn Irvine were aiming to become the first men to reach the very top of Mount Everest. But, they were last seen on June 8, 1924, between 800 to 1,000 feet away from the ...