Weather conditions had caused the helicopter’s planned flight route to change ... the world’s highest peak suddenly crashed near Mount Everest on Tuesday. AFP via Getty Images During monsoon ...

“Generally considered a highly challenging route, it should only be attempted ... Not one of you hooligans has hiked Mount Everest. You all need to grow up. There are no restaurants on the ...

On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit ...

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

The route to Mount Everest’s summit from Nepal follows the same general pathway each year. From Base Camp, climbers ascend through the Khumbu Icefall, across the Western Cwm (pronounced “coom ...

The route to Mount Everest’s summit from Nepal follows the same general pathway each year. From Base Camp, climbers ascend through the Khumbu Icefall, across the Western Cwm (pronounced “coom ...

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known as High Camp and the South Col ...

The first difficult section of his route will be Lho La ... and Guy Bullock discovered the col during the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. At the time, they were exploring ...

An eight-member team of Icefall Doctors departed for Mt Everest's base camp from Namche Bazaar on March 9 to begin the work of fixing the climbing route up to Camp II. The team is responsible for ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest ... is responsible for fixing the route through the deadly Khumbu Icefall, southwest of Everest’s summit. For about a year ...