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In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...
A group of mountaineers plan to travel from Heathrow to the summit of Mount Everest and back in just seven days - a feat which usually takes veteran climbers up to 10 weeks.
Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more difficult mountains like the Seven Second Summits.
Many dangers await those brave enough to make an attempt at the summit of Mt. Everest and Dr. Emily Johnston visits WIRED to break down each and every way trying to conquer the mountain could ...
A National Geographic documentary crew has found the possible partial remains of Andrew Irvine, a British climber who vanished on Mount Everest 100 years ago.
FEELING PEAKY I climbed Mount Everest with no experience & 3 weeks of training – ANYONE can do it but make sure you bring toilet paper ...
A new book explore the high-cost and high-stakes world that’s developed around scaling Mt. Everest.
They're turning cast-off climbing ropes into handmade crafts. It's part of a fledgling effort in Nepal to repurpose mountain waste and provide economic opportunity.
Everest guide Adrian Ballinger is breaking with decades of tradition to create what he believes are better and more ethical ways to climb the world’s tallest mountain.
Mount Everest climbers will now have to pick up their own poop amid their travels across the mountain in an effort to aid pollution issues.
It has been a century since Mallory and Irvine may or may not have reached the summit of Mt Everest. Mountaineering in Nepal has changed a lot since that first British expedition in 1924. Everest gets ...