This is the first rock a climber touches on the route up Everest. It becomes very obvious ... light illuminating the peaks to the east and south. From here, the snow ridge rises 1,000 feet to ...

While there are many discovered and named climbing routes on Everest, two routes are most commonly climbed: The South Col route starting from Nepal, and the Northeast Ridge Standard ...

since it is truly the col south of Everest. But Nangpa La had been called Khumbu La in the past and was still sometimes called that name. So Lho La stayed where it was. From Lho La, the route ...

The icefall, on the South Col route to the summit of Everest, rapidly falls down the mountain opening large crevasses with little warning and dislodging huge towers of ice, known as seracs.

On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the South Face of Everest On 7 October the Slovenian Davo Karnicar made the first uninterrupted ski descent of the ...

Journey Continues on Mt. Everest Jost Kousch of Germany continues to immerse himself in the winter climbing season on Mt. Everest, which began with t ...

But in the meantime the news has preceded him and apart from his exceptional ski descent of Everest's South Face there is the news about the possible discovery of Scott Fisher's body. Karnicar was ...

which is about the elevation of the South Col on the south side of Everest (26,000 feet). The route from Camp V to Camp VI leaves the North Ridge and continues on the North Face. The terrain here ...