Climbers who successfully summited Mount Everest pose for a picture during the Everest Summiteers Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world's highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ... The event Thursday marked the 72nd anniversary of the first summit climb of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.

People from the mountaineering community participate in a rally to mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 29, 2025. Niranjan Shrestha/AP.