Sources: NBC News
Three French climbers who went missing two weeks ago after attempting to reach Mingbo Eiger, near Mount Everest, are found dead by Nepali police. 2021-11-8
The General Administration of Sport of China announces that the summits of Mount Everest used by climbers in China will remain closed through the spring, citing COVID-19 concerns in both mainland China and neighboring Nepal. 2021-05-15
Nepal and China agree that the height of Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is 8848.86 m. 2020-12-8
Mountaineers led by Tim Mosedale confirm suspicions that Mount Everest's famous Hillary Step had completely collapsed. 2017-05-21
Rescue helicopters airlift badly injured climbers off Mount Everest a day after avalanches triggered by the earthquake kill seventeen people. 2015-04-26
U.S. space agency NASA admits it posted online a photograph taken from the International Space Station of an Indian mountain Saser Muztagh, claiming it as Mount Everest. With Nepalese netizens left puzzled by this, it took a Nepalese expert to point out the agency's inaccuracy. 2012-12-13
Four climbers from Canada, China, Germany and South Korea die whilst returning from the summit of Mount Everest; a Nepalese guide is missing. 2012-05-21
A Buddha Air flight taking tourists to see Mount Everest crashes in Nepal, killing 19 people. 2011-09-25
Scientists at the University of Toronto claim that mountain climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine could not have reached the top of Mount Everest in 1924 as they were caught in a perfect storm. 2010-08-16
Thirteen-year-old American Jordan Romero becomes the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 2010-05-22