Climbing on Mt. Everest With the Solstice on December 21st, the official winter climbing season launched in the Himalayas, and Jost Kobusch began his win ...

At 29,035 feet up, where jetliners fly, reaching Everest’s top should be a daunting proposition. But with bottled oxygen, ...

The volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii can also be described as the highest mountain on Earth – if measured from its base to its ...

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest ... It is "not known whether the pair ever reached the summit — an important Everest mystery among climbers and historians alike ...

We’re about to dive into the deepest caves, scale the tallest peaks, and try to keep our footing against the blusteriest ...

At least 10 climbers have lost their lives so far in this climbing season on Mount Everest ... to try to summit during the season, which runs until early June. Here’s why Everest is attractive ...

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Impressive as that is, there is plenty more to know about Everest. Think about this for a minute: The top of the mountain is covered with limestone ...

National Geographic has the story of the potential discovery of Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, who disappeared attempting to climb Everest in 1924. 6 dead in helicopter crash near Mount Everest Sherpa in ...

Mr Shrinivas’ Everest ascent was organised by Seven Summit Treks and another operator, Nepal Guide Treks. Singaporean climber Kumaran Rasappan, who scaled Mount Everest in 2012, said there are ...

Gelje Sherpa (pic), 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849m (29,032ft) Everest summit on May 18 when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in the ...