This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Barry Bishop returned from a historic Mount Everest expedition with his reindeer-hide boots, Vibram-soled hiking boots ...

Passang introduced Serap to his boss and before long, he was selling backpacks alongside his ... maximum.” The usual Everest ...

All that remained to be claimed was the "Third Pole," the summit of the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest. In 1924 a British expedition was poised to make that claim. At the time of their ...

Last Thursday a record breaking expedition set off for for Everest. We're talking about the Super Sherpas Expedition, comprised of 6 extremely experienced superb Sherpa mountaineers who are heading to ...

A rising star in the field of glaciology, Fritz was invited to join the Everest expedition and, after the climb, lived on the mountain for almost a year, studying its ice and land formations.

We have compiled a list of the 5 most important things an aspiring Everest-climber needs on his expedition to scale ...

But first, you need something your child can carry all these supplies in. A good backpack can last for years and can save some serious back pain. Here is a lineup of 10 strong options for the ...

“When I said I was going to Everest, people thought the worst as ... at the 1 Hotel for six hours,” Ferrari said, “wearing a backpack and carrying a bag of food.” When the North Col expedition ...

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Hillary: When I first met Tenzing, on the Everest expedition, we were friendly but communication was a problem. Tenzing spoke English but not terribly well, and I didn't really speak any Nepali.

A teacher who was part of an attempt to conquer Mount Everest, has been honoured in the village where he lived. Bentley Beetham was a schoolmaster when he was chosen to join an expedition to reach ...