The name "Mount Everest" originates from an unlikely source—a British surveyor named Sir George Everest. In 1865, the name was bestowed, a tribute to the contributions of Sir George in mapping the ...

The duke and duchess were greeted by Ram Chandra Paudel and his wife Sabita Paudel at the Presidential Palace in Kathmandu.

Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world ... The history of climbing this giant traces back to the early 20th century. Sir George Mallory, remembered for his ill-fated expeditions in ...

"Following last year's sales and the sell-out success of Everest Wildtrak in 2023, it made perfect sense to bring the badge back to Australia," said George Thomas, Everest Product & Retail ...

But this is merely a warm-up for the terminal moraines of the Khumbu Glacier, waiting ahead. Buoyed by tales of Everest legends – George Mallory, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Tenzing, and their ...

Neuromancer just added a genre veteran to its cast. Mark Strong, most recently seen in The Penguin and Dune: Prophecy, will ...

People used to climb mountains for ostensibly less existential reasons than Britain’s George Mallory, who famously (and rather glibly) told a journalist in 1923 that he wanted to climb Everest ...

Buoyed by tales of Everest legends – George Mallory, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Tenzing, and their pioneering Nepali porters – I decide to double my load and carry a lagging team member’s ...

Hingston travelled to India and commanded various field hospitals and was soon recruited to join the infamous 1924 British Expedition to Mount Everest, during which Mountaineers George Mallory and ...