Kanchha Sherpa was an important part of the core Sherpa support team, at a time when Everest was a distant dream, not a ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first conquered Mount Everest, died Thursday at age 92 in Kathmandu, Nepal [1][2]. He was part of the historic 1953 British expedition that ...

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35-member team that put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the world’s ...

The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest died in ...

Last surviving member of first Mount Everest expedition dies aged 92 - He was among the 35 people who supported Edmund ...

The Polish athlete becomes the first person to climb to and ski from Mount Everest's summit without supplementary oxygen - cementing his place among the legends of high-mountain endurance. Andrzej ...

Fifty years ago, Dougal Haston and Doug Scott became the first Britons to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain. Two days later, a second team of four men, who were on the same expedition, ...

A mountaineer has made history by becoming the first person to ski down Mount Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen, expedition organizers confirmed Thursday. Polish national Andrzej ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel has become the first climber to ski down the world's highest mountain without supplemental oxygen, his team and expedition organizer said Thursday. Bargiel glided down Mount ...

One was a Scot whose derring-do saw him become known as a climbing 'Hell's Angel'. The other was a tough as nails Englishman. Fifty years ago today Dougal Haston and Doug Scott became the first ...

Poland's Andrzej Bargiel made history by becoming the first person to ski down Mount Everest in Nepal without using an oxygen tank, in what his team said was a "groundbreaking milestone in the world ...

Exciting filly Tempted could use Saturday’s G1 Golden Rose Stakes as an audition for Godolphin’s slot in The Everest. Raced by Godolphin and now trained by Ciaron Maher, Tempted returned with a ...