NARITA, Japan, June 6 (UPI) -- Japanese skier Yuichiro Miura came home a hero after scaling the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in his 70s.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 25 (UPI) -- A 77-year-old man set a record Sunday for being the oldest person to reach the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, officials say.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 9 (UPI) -- Nepal reopened Mount Everest to climbing expeditions following China's success Thursday in taking its Olympic flame atop the world's tallest peak.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Dawa Steven Sherpa already has climbed Mount Everest in Nepal but the 23-year-old wants to do it again to draw attention to the dangers of global warming.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary wanted the site of his greatest conquest, Mount Everest, protected from climate change, it was reported Saturday.
PARIS, March 5 (UPI) -- A French-led study has determined global warming has affected the ice cap on Mount Everest in the heart of the Himalayas.
OXFORD, England, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- More people are dying from injuries, exhaustion and altitude related illness climbing Mount Everest, says a British doctor and climber.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 19 (UPI) -- Apa Sherpa broke his own record Friday -- as well as the world record -- by climbing Mount Everest for the 16th time, the Himalayan Times reported.
KATMANDU, Nepal, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Environmentalists claim that Mount Everest is in danger of catastrophic flooding as a result of global warming, the BBC reported Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The grandson of mountaineering legend Tenzing Norgay will kick a soccer ball to Mount Everest as a promotion for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
