A group of mountaineers plan to travel from Heathrow to the summit of Mount Everest and back in just seven days - a feat ...

"At first I thought a serac [a large block of ice from a glacier ... Kobusch was in a harrowing place, his tent on the West Ridge of Mount Everest at 5,700 meters (18,700 feet).

Rescues were also seen setting up makeshift tents and examining the injured inside ... about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Mount Everest near China's border with Nepal. Local officials ...

On snow-covered battlefields like the Himalayas, the Army wants its junior leadership to become decision-makers at the ...

A deadly earthquake in Tibet has killed 126 people, injured 188, and left thousands displaced as rescuers race to save lives in freezing conditions.

The quake struck rural, high-altitude Tingri county, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Mount Everest near China ... the older houses collapsed, and a large part of the buildings made ...

More tents, quilts, stoves and other relief items were being delivered ... a magnitude of 6.8. The quake was also about 75 kilometers (50 miles) from Mount Everest and the border with Nepal, where the ...

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people and damaged thousands of buildings on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's ...