The Sherpa team fixing the route to the summit of Everest from the Nepal side has reached Camp 4 at nearly 8,000m on the South Col. If all goes well, we should see the first summits of the season ...

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 ...

Tyler Andrews explains how -- hallucinating, ill, exhausted, and without communication -- he decided to turn around on last ...

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to ...

Led by Gerard Devouassoux, the First French Everest Expedition wanted to climb the Lho La - West Ridge route without supplemental oxygen. They established Base Camp on Aug. 16, 1974, at the usual ...

Outside will be stationed in Nepal’s Mount Everest Base Camp for the 2025 spring climbing season. Here is your destination for all the news from the Himalayas. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

There are two principle routes to the summit of Everest—each with its own base camp and unique flavor of tent-dwelling experience. The North Ridge, on the Tibet side of the mountain, offers ...