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High-altitude drone captures rare view of Mount Everest. Using a drone modified to fly in thin air, photographer Renan Ozturk captured a stunning 360-degree panorama of the roof of the world.
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In his latest video, Ben Ayers discusses the base and midlayer garments that kept him warm and dry at Mount Everest Base Camp ...
After climbing the tallest peak in six continents, there was only one peak left for Duke Pigott to scale— Mount Everest.
Climbing Mount Everest has been associated with vast ambition, great tragedies – and occasional perfidy. Ravi Velloor Since the first attempt on Mount Everest was made a century ago, more than ...
The Komodo dragon, a venomous giant lizard native to Indonesian islands, faces endangerment with fewer than 6,000 remaining. Known for its deadly bite and unique parthenogenesis reproduction, this ...
TNIE catches up with Sreesha Raveendran, a 35-year-old working mom, the only Malayali woman to have climbed over 15 Himalayan peaks — including her latest conqu ...
Katelyn Sims remembers reading books about Mount Everest in the third grade. A couple of weeks ago, she found herself standing on top of it. Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May ...
When Patel and Uzayr reunited for the climb on May 20 this year, they were ready —despite lingering anxiety and fear — to honor the friends who never came home.
Yet the 2025 death totals—three on Mount Everest’s upper reaches, five total— represents a decrease from 2024 when eight people died, and in 2023, when 18 lost their lives.
Mount Everest’s Xenon-Gas Controversy Will Last Forever. History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records. By Alex Hutchinson. Photo-illustration by The Atlantic.