Like many titles and place names given during the era of colonization, the Mount Everest name gave zero recognition to the title used by locals. Tibetans had, for centuries, called the peak Chomolunga ...

In his latest video dispatch, our writer explains the naming debate surrounding the world’s highest peak, which has three ...

Highland Park native Alex Pancoe, 38, who made headlines for his mountain climbing and fundraising as a cancer survivor, died ...

Alexander Pancoe, an alpinist and philanthropist battling cancer, died doing what he loved, his wife Nina Laski Pancoe said.

World Expeditions has grown from a two-person operation to now be considered the world’s premier adventure travel company.

Alexander Pancoe, of Lake Forest, who "climbed for a cause," suffered from cardiac arrest after attempting an "acclimation ...

A new biopic on Sherpa Tenzing Norgay‘s world-first ascent of Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary began filming in Nepal this ...