Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock ... Climbed from Tibet, it's considered a more difficult route than the South-East Ridge, though not as aesthetically pleasing. The main obstacles ...

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 ...

Most teams are now settled into Everest Base Camp on the South Side. Meanwhile ... Once again, he is trying to open an alternative route to Camp 2 across the flank of Nuptse, setting up permanent ...

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known as High Camp and the South Col ...

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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 ...

Nepali Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 31st time, beating a non-Sherpa record set last week by ...

Sherpa Kami Rita first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1994, and he's now made the arduous trek to the top more than ...

KATHMANDU – A 55-year-old Nepali climber dubbed the “Everest Man” reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain for a ...

“I thought, why not use drones on Everest’s south side, especially the Khumbu ... icefall doctors struggle to locate the previous climbing route, which complicates setting the new route ...