From here, climbers have a stupendous view of the upper 8,000 feet of Everest ... Balcony." At this platform the climbers rest and admire the dawn light illuminating the peaks to the east and south.

We sit down with Jost Kobusch, an extreme climber whose obsession with soloing Everest in winter has taken him close to the ...

This Everest season, Karl Egloff and Tyler Andrews will try speed ascents. Kaji Sherpa holds the record, set in 1998, but not everyone believed his story.

And there it is—the top of Everest ... launched the first summit attempt. They pushed beyond the Swiss high point of the previous year to surmount the South Summit, at 28,750 feet, less than ...

After climbing over 30 mountains, summiting 13 of the 14 eight-thousanders, rescuing stranded climbers from the Balcony on Everest ...

In 1990 MacartneySnape returned once again to Mt Everest with the idea of climbing the mountain from the sea to the summit The idea ... he finally ascended via the South Col route ...

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 ...

Most teams are now settled into Everest Base Camp on the South Side. Meanwhile ... these belong to climbers who want to reach its 7,855m summit, while others may be aiming just to reach Camp ...

The 55-year-old, considered one of the world's greatest mountain guides, aims to summit the ... to attempt Mount Everest from the Nepali side of the peak in the south this climbing season, which ...