Vanessa O’Brien, 55, has travelled to the peak of Mount Everest and now Challenger Deep.

British explorer becomes first woman to reach Earth’s highest and lowest points

Nepal has closed access to all of its Himalayan peaks, including Mount Everest, as a 'precaution' to halt a coronavirus outbreak. 

Coronavirus fears spread to top of the world as Nepal closes Mount Everest

Satellite data across 25 years shows vegetation growing in areas of the Himalayan mountain range where it has never been recorded before.

Bringing all the rubbish and waste down is a herculean task, when any misstep at such altitudes could be fatal.

Nepalese officials said cleaners spent weeks collecting food wrappings, cans, bottles and empty oxygen cylinders.

It's known at least six people have died on Everest in the past week, with some reports suggesting the death toll is into double figures.

A photo posted online by climber Nirmal Purja has laid bare an issue being faced by hundreds of Everest hopefuls each year.

The amount of people attempting to reach the top of the world’s highest mountain will be limited to less than 300.

Ian Toothill was told he only had months left to live - but that didn't stop him from climbing the world's highest mountain.

Ten people have died on the mountain so far this climbing season - four more than mountaineering officials expect in a typical year.

Sherpas have been biologically wired over thousands of years to give them exceptional mountaineering skills, research shows.

A necklace blessed by Buddhists helped a British woman become the youngest female to scale Mount Everest from both sides, she claims.

Indian climber Ravi Kumar reached the 29,035ft summit, but fell ill on his way down and did not make it to the nearest camp.

Min Bahadur Sherchan, a grandfather of 17 and great-grandfather of six, died at base camp on Saturday evening, officials said.

World record setting climber Ueli Steck - known for his speed at scaling mountainous terrain - has died in an accident near Mount Everest.