Mount Everest | featured news

A 73-year-old Japanese woman on Saturday became the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest breaking her own 10-year-old record.

A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal on Sunday, police and eyewitnesses said. A witness said 18 bodies were pulled out of the wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 19 people.

A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organizers said.

A climber who plunged 1,000 feet (300 meters) from one of Britain's highest mountains - and walked away - is promising to climb Mount Everest later this year.

A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday.