Tourists in Kathmandu are tempted everywhere by advertisements for trekking expeditions to Everest Base Camp. If you didn't ...

On April 18, 2014, Ricardo Peña was at base camp on Mount Everest, when an avalanche shot down the mountain killing 16 Sherpas. The tragedy ended the climbing season, but it didn't smother Peña ...

Right around the time I started working at Outside, the editor Mark Bryant assigned Jon Krakauer a story that required climbing Mount Everest. The office was always supercharged, but in the weeks ...

Does Hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp Make You Want to Reach the Summit? In his latest video dispatch, our Mount Everest reporter discusses whether his trek to Base Camp motivated him ...

In late March 2015, mountaineer Melissa Arnot set out to break a record by climbing Everest for a sixth time, this time without supplemental oxygen. Her plans quickly changed following the ...

Renee DeHaan, center, who trekked to Mount Everest base camp this spring on her prosthetic leg, holds up the leg while on the ...

Of the 12,015 people who had summited Everest by the end of 2023, only 15 have reached the top in winter. Thirty-four expeditions have tried, including 13 without bottled oxygen. Only five of ...

The trail soon crested revealing a clear view of Everest Base Camp. A huge rock structure covered in the 5 bright colors of prayer flags, held a simple sign: “Everest Base Camp”.