The north side opened this year for the first time since 2019, making both routes open to expeditions from around the world. ACCESS TO THE NORTH FACE. Mt. Everest's North Face has a rich and ...

The North Col (Col is a Welsh word, which means saddle) is the low point of one of the three great ridges that emanate from the summit of Mount Everest. In this case the North Ridge drops ...

The rest of the crew made it across the border and climbed to Camp 2 on the normal north-side route of Everest, but they ...

China has shut down access to the scenic areas of its side of Mount Everest to tourists after a powerful earthquake killed at least 126 people and injured 188 others in Tibet. No avalanches have ...

The Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists of the Nyingmapa sect, and have drawn much of their religious tradition from the Rongphu monastery, located at 16,000 feet on the north side of Mount Everest.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more ...

Expeditions from the Nepalese side of Mount Everest have been cancelled altogether A group of Chinese mountaineers has begun an expedition on Everest while the site is closed to foreign climbers ...

The route’s difficulty increases dramatically in the final ascent of the West Ridge and onto the North Side of Everest toward the iconic Hornbein Couloir in Tibetan territory. Weather will play ...

Just before reaching the summit of Mount Everest ... leads climbers from the China side, said some companies from the Nepal side have been taking climbers to Everest even if they do not have ...