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 ...

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

An experienced Austrian mountaineer named Lukas Furtenbach has shortened Everest trips to weeks with “flash” expeditions that used hypoxic tents. He approached the four men with the idea of cutting ...

With a stable weather window over the Himalayas, expedition teams have found success summiting the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest. Ther ...

Arching over 8,849 metres (29,032ft) into the sky, Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. But will it always be? Aurora Elmore was approaching Mount ... a spectacular view: the day was crystal ...

Today, a 5.5 earthquake rocked the north side of Mount ... havoc on the upper mountain, but his team continues to progress. No avalanches were reported on the Northeast Ridge of Everest, and ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain — towering 5.5 miles above sea level — and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an ...

A general view of Mount Everest in Nepal, Sept. 30, 2024. A foot believed to belong to a British climber who went missing 100 years ago has been found on Everest, in a discovery that ...

By Robin George Andrews Mount Everest is many things ... then turns abruptly and cuts through a ridge near Everest. That suggests the upper and lower segments of the river were not always unified ...