Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.
Will Rising Costs and New Rules Deter Everest Climbers? Not Likely
Rising Prices, New Rules on Mount Everest The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in 1953, continues to escalate, resulting in overcrowding ...
Mariana Trench quiz: How deep is your knowledge?
The Mariana Trench (sometimes called Marianas Trench) is a mysterious and extremely deep oceanic trench. Plunging deeper than Mount Everest is tall and stretching five times longer than the Grand ...
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Ladder Crossing Crevasses on Mt. Everest
Over the Khumbu Icefall crevice on Mount Everest, this adventurer set up a double ladder so that he could cross the nearly 90 ...
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Nepal hikes permit fees for Mt Everest to $15,000 to tackle overcrowing, growing garbage concerns
Nepal has taken a bold step to tackle the dual challenges of pollution and overcrowding on the world’s tallest peak, Mount ...
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Everest climbing fees hiked to tackle trash crisis
Nepal has sharply increased permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent and also introduced a slew of measures ...
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Nepal Raises Everest Climbing Fee from $11,000 to $15,000
Nepal announced that it will significantly increase the price of permits for foreign tourists seeking to climb Everest.
A trek to Everest Base Camp: Joy, pain and an uncomfortable truth at the heart of every climber’s story
It’s an extreme adventure playground that is there for the conquering – but increasingly, there are distressing stories of ...