Having reached Everest's summit for the first time, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their victory with the BBC.

The Everest Marathon is held annually on May 29 to commemorate the historic 1953 Everest summit by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was ...

It began as an innocently planned multi-day hiking trip. Morgan Chesky, a broadcaster from Dallas, was fit and wanted a ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

New Zealand’s highest peak is set to feature as the world’s highest peak in an upcoming biopic about Sherpa mountaineer ...

Scottish priest scales Everest to keep a Christmas vow — and plants a seed for Nepal’s first high-altitude parish.

Do you think Edmund Hillary was passionate about climbing Mt. Everest? How about Chuck Yeager? Could he have been the first ...

After climbing the tallest peak in six continents, there was only one left for Duke Pigott to scale — Mount Everest. After 17 years, including delays during the pandemic and mountainside illness, ...

The Philippines marked a milestone in Everest history in 2025 with three successful summits. But the season was also shadowed by loss: A fourth climber died on the mountain—tragically, just below the ...

The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon is an annual race which starts at Everest Base Camp and finishes in the town of Namche Bazaar. It is held on 29 May to celebrate the Everest ascent by Tenzing ...

Nepal's mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world's highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.