The experience will be very different from the crowded South Side. “Our summit push is on, we’re starting May 17 from Base Camp,” Lukas Furtenbach told […] ...

Most teams are now settled into Everest Base Camp on the South Side. Meanwhile, on the North Side in Tibet, everything is ready, and international teams will start climbing within a few days ...

China "closing" base camp to tourists is the latest example of this. With a new paved road all the way to base camp built in the spring of 2017, tourism to the North Side base camp has rapidly ...

Tourists in Kathmandu are tempted everywhere by advertisements for trekking expeditions to Everest Base Camp. If you didn't ...

Team Jordan's view of Everest's north face (photo by Carsten.nebel, used under CC 3.0) Jordan Romero is now at Chinese base camp. He and the rest ...

Welcome to Everest Base Camp, Russell Brice style. In 2011 while climbing Everest, ... Brice’s first commercial expedition to Everest was on the north side in 1994.

Base Camp is located at 17,600 feet, well below the peak of Everest, which is 29,000 feet. Base Camp is where those planning to summit spend weeks acclimatizing and preparing for their journey.

Climbers have to navigate thick traffic jams, a filthy, sprawling base camp — and increasingly, death — while trying to get to the world’s highest Instagram hot spot.

A Nepali porter carries a load north of the village of Namche Bazaar. A trek to Everest Base Camp along mountain paths that hug deep gorges offers renewal and a test of mental and physical limits.

The Nepal base camp is one of two base camps on Mt. Everest – the other North Base Camp being located in China. The South Base Camp – to which Eli and his father hiked – lies at an altitude ...

We flew from Kathmandu to Lukla, and then it's about a 10-day trek from Lukla before you reach Everest Base Camp. Because we were at Base Camp for 8 to 10 weeks, we were lucky enough to ...