Bastakoti died below the Balcony, at around 8,300m on May 22, on his way down from the summit. Gupta and his guides left Camp 4 on the evening of May 26. They summited Everest at 12:45 am on May 27.

After a 17-hour, non-stop run without supplementary oxygen from Base Camp to above the Balcony (8,400m), the U.S. runner has decided to go down.

The team had opened climbing route up to South Col on April 23. "Everest fixing team is making progress, ... The second team headed towards Balcony to fix the line from Balcony to the South summit." ...

Gelje hauled the climber 600 meters (1,900 feet) down from the Balcony area to the South Col, over a period of about six hours, where Nima Tahi Sherpa, another guide, joined the rescue.

The route to Mount Everest’s summit from Nepal follows the same general pathway each year. ... and past the South Col, Balcony, Hilary Step, and on to the official summit at 29,032 feet. ...

JOHN WAECHTER. John Waechter reached the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 ft.) on May 25th, 2001. With the ascent of Mt. Everest, he successfully completed climbing the highest peak on each of the ...

The team plans to rest today before moving on to Camps 3 and 4, and then make the final push to the summit from the South Col. Expedition leader, Garrett Madison, checked in from Camp 2 yesterday.

Climbers descending from the summit on Tuesday passed the Hillary Step, a point at an altitude of about 8,800 meters, or 28,871 feet, when an ice mound collapsed near the South Summit of Everest.

In 2012, Harris attempted to climb Argentina’s Mount Aconcaqua, the highest peak in South America at 22,841 feet. ... A photo of Harris at Everest’s summit is a photo of achievement personified.

MOUNT EVEREST (CNN) - A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” high-altitude rescue, a ...