The Latest Breaking News from Everest

From Mallory to Bonington and beyond, we reveal our pick of Britain’s greatest ever mountaineers

Our mountaineering expert takes a look at the life of Kilian Jornet, the record-breaking runner, skier and alpinist who keeps rewriting the rulebook

Adriana Brownlee, 23, reaches summit of Shishapangma three years after setting target at top of Everest

A National Geographic film crew found remains on Mount Everest that may belong to Andrew Irvine, a climber who vanished in 1924.

The boot containing a sock bearing Irvine's name and the remains of a foot.

The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent of the world’s highest peak

National Geographic expedition finds partial remains believed to be of British mountaineer Andrew Irvine near Everest's peak, potentially shedding light on...

Foot, boot and sock believed to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared in George Mallory’s 1924 expedition, discovered on glacier

Whether Irvine and Mallory reached the peak of Everest remains one of climbing’s great mysteries