Nirmal Purja has made headlines again, this time not for a mountaineering achievement but for allegedly breaking the rules. “Most of the climbers from an 11-member team of Lingtren Peak expedition of ...

A typical Everest expedition takes eight weeks. You have to allow your body to adapt to the altitude while on the mountain.

It’s no secret that Mt. Everest has been polluted with trash, dead bodies, oxygen bottles and the like since the advent of commercial climbing in the 1990s. Two experts weigh in. ByJim Clash, ...

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety ...

A new book details the elaborate industry that has developed around Mt. Everest and the hundreds of climbers who attempt to scale it each year. REUTERS In April, 2013, a group of Sherpas, the iconic ...

But lesser peaks than Everest, of course, have also thwarted climbers’ ambitions with deadly disasters at dizzying heights. As it turns out, in fact, that mean sea level standard isn’t the only way ...

Every four years, the world comes together to showcase and highlight the best athletes in the world at the Olympics. But every spring and summer, there's anothe ...