Prior to that he was a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times. Fred is the Articles Editor at Outside. In this week’s Dispatches from Everest video ...

He regularly contributes to Outside’s coverage of Mount Everest and Himalayan mountaineering ... halfway up the steep Lhotse Face, an imposing wall of rock and ice that ascends nearly for ...

There isn't a mountain within 1,000 miles of Central Illinois, but one man had a dream and a number one goal in life. Earlier this month, he accomplished that goal.

Mount Everest holds a special aura for hardcore climbers ... “Last year there was one vertical wall in the Icefall but after so many people climbed it you’d barely rate it fifth-class.” ...

Agencies Mountaineer from West Bengal dies as he tries to descend from Mt Everest Just hours after standing atop the ... The Hillary Step, a 40-foot vertical rock wall at nearly 8,800 meters above sea ...

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...

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

Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gas.

Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Within five days, they were atop Mount Everest, the 29,000-foot peak where an ascent typically takes weeks of acclimatization and bursts of climbing punctuated by rest. Instead, the four British ...

May 18 was a busy day on Mount Everest. According to ExplorersWeb, an estimated 135 climbers reached the summit of Everest, 29,029 feet. Several more teams moved for the summit today, hoping to ...