The study will use aerial photography to calculate measurements and distances, helping to create a more accurate map of the area ... village of Phortse to Everest's Balcony.

Jason, who was with two Sherpa guides, started showing abnormal behavior from the South Summit and Sherpa guides brought him to the Balcony area ... reports said. Mt Everest has recorded ten ...

Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May 23 as part of a five-person expedition guided by Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International. And she didn’t stop there. After returning to camp ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was ...

Dr Searle visited Everest five times from the Nepalese side and once from Tibet to gather information for the map. As well as identifying rocks in the field, he gathered 400 samples for chemical ...

Last week, ultrarunner Tyler Andrews launched a last-ditch attempt to achieve the fastest-ever no-oxygen climb on Everest ... I was above the Balcony when I realized I was not going to reach ...

Photograph by Paul Mayewski, National Geographic Snow samples from Mount Everest's Balcony, a resting point ... The same methods were later used to map the base camp and the surrounding Khumbu ...

A newly released map provides a stark visualization of the numerous fatalities on Mount Everest, underscoring the extreme dangers faced by climbers Since 1921, over 330 people have died while ...

A sherpa saved the life of a climber struggling on Mount Everest's "death zone" in a rare ... hauled the climber about 1,900 feet down from the Balcony area to the South Col, where another guide ...