Nepal has faced renewed global scrutiny over waste and overcrowding. While images of trash-strewn slopes often dominate headlines, expedition leaders argue it is a misleading picture.

Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal defeated defending champions Manchester City 4-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Club ...

I love putting myself in situations that squeeze me beyond the comfortable: rappelling into a Utah slot canyon and navigating a subterranean maze, riding my bike solo for 80 miles over four Colorado ...

China's Everest obsession: How tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain by Carl Cater, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.

Father Ninian Doohan, 44, raised a chalice during a Mass celebrated 17,598 feet up from the Khumbu valley at Mount Everest Base Camp, using a hewn stone as his altar. Holy Mass offered for peace ...

Mount Pumori, center left, looms in the background as a mountaineer negotiates Khumbu Icefall to descend to Everest Base Camp, in Nepal, May 4, 2025.

Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.

British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was that the decisive factor?

Mount Everest, located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, is the tallest mountain in the world. It reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet. The mountain itself is nestled between Nepal and Tibet, in an ...

Sherpa Kami Rita first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1994, and he's now made the arduous trek to the top more than anyone else in the world.

Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world’s highest mountain. Kami Rita, 55 ...