Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials ... Mallory's body was found in 1999, but no remains of Irvine had ever been located, until now.

Mount Everest expedition regulations: The Nepal government, in its revised mountaineering regulations, has formally ended solo expeditions on Mount Everest as well as other peaks above 8,000 meters.