Mount Everest—you’re not alone. An estimated 700 to 1,000 climbing enthusiasts and thrill-seekers set out to summit Chomolungma, “Goddess Mother of the World,” (aka Mount Everest) annually. We spoke ...

Mike Tobin tells PEOPLE he hopes his climb will inspire those who may be struggling with their mental health, especially ...

Five climbers on Mount Everest are dead, three missing this summit season May 25, 2024 Updated Sat., May 25, 2024 at 9:04 p.m. Prayer flags flutter in the breeze at Mount Everest.

The climbing season on Mount Everest is about to get a much-needed shot of adrenaline.. On Friday, May 9, a rope-fixing team comprised of nine climbing sherpas from guiding company 8K Expeditions ...

Mountaineers form a line as they climb Mount Everest, in Nepal, in May 2021. A different photo of a line of climbers along a precipice near the summit went viral in 2019.

Portuguese climber Pedro Queirós says he stopped speaking to God 20 or 30 years ago. But on Monday night, as Queirós trudged through hurricane-force winds toward the summit of Mount Everest, he ...

The climbing window this year is longer than last year’s, said Khimlal Gautam, an official at Everest base camp. Permits were issued to 421 climbers this year, compared with 478 last year, he said.

For this year’s climbing season, from March to May, Nepal has granted more than 300 climbers the licenses needed to ascend Mount Everest. Many of those climbers hope to reach the summit, 5.5 ...

KATHMANDU – Hundreds of climbers are set to return to Mount Everest for the first time next month under strict conditions, government officials and mountaineers said, as the world’s tallest p… ...

A U.S. climber has died on Mount Everest, his expedition organizer said Tuesday, the first foreign death on the highest mountain in the world this season. The 69-year-old mountaineer was at ...

Climbers cross a ladder in the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest. Westend61/Getty Images Permits for the less popular autumn and winter seasons are set to rise to $7,500 from $5,500 and to $3,750 ...