His journey to ski Mount Everest was profiled in the 1975 documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest, which became the first sports-related film to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Sports Outdoors Former Spokane resident summits Mount Everest as part of first all-Black expedition May 29, 2022 Updated Tue., May 31, 2022 at 7:20 a.m.

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...

Attempts on Mt. Everest from the north side began in the 1920's by British teams first led by George Mallory, but to no avail. Most significant was Mallory's 1924 British Expedition with Andrew ...

The Marolts formed part of a six-man team last year and attempted to ski from the summit of Mt. Everest, which has an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters). They didn't make it to the top due to ...

K A T M A N D U, Nepal, Oct. 9 -- A Slovenian ski instructor has become the first person ever to ski nonstop down the steep slopes of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, mountaineering ...

By: Ethen Kim Lieser On May 6, 1970, Japanese alpinist and professional skier Yuichiro Miura attempted what many thought was too dangerous at the time—ski down Mount Everest.

Caroline Gleich is best known for climbing Mount Everest and skiing Antarctica’s Mount Vinson, but she measures her impact by ...