Mount Pumori, second right, is seen in the background as mountaineers negotiate a slope in the Khumbu region on their way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang ...

Yet the 2025 death totals—three on Mount Everest’s upper reaches, five total— represents a decrease from 2024 when eight people died, and in 2023, when 18 lost their lives.

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You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the ...

Mount Everest is visible here only as the snow-smoke cloud on the top left. (Photo: Courtesy photo) Father Doohan, a priest of the Diocese of Dunkeld, arrived in Nepal on May 2, ...

How hard is it to hike and conquer Mount Everest? What was it like to be — literally — on top of the world? Jeno Panganiban ...