Viral News: Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world and lies on the Nepal-China border. The peak has two climbing routes, one each from Nepal and Tibet. Out of many theories and ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died early Thursday, according to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. Kanchha died ...

Jim Whittaker became a national celebrity after his 1963 climb and received the Hubbard Medal from President Kennedy.

Whittaker trained Army soldiers at Camp Hale during the Korean War before becoming the first American to summit Everest and later becoming the CEO of REI.

Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest in 1963, has died at 97, his family said, leaving a legacy in ...

Whittaker’s 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay first scaled ...

The lifelong outdoors advocate and former president of retailer REI returned to Everest decades later with his son.

Jim Whittaker, who became the first American mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest in 1963, died April 7. He was 97. MORE: ...

Jim Whittaker, the famous Washington mountaineer who was the first American to summit Mount Everest and later became the CEO ...