Climbing Mount Everest is often framed as a test of grit and altitude, but the real shock for many would-be summiters is ...

A group of commercial Everest climbers plan to complete their climb in a week by chemically boosting their acclimatization and performance using a new method. They will sip xenon gas just before the ...

May 29 1953 is arguably the most important date in mountaineering history. At around 11:30am, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first people to stand on the summit of ...

Mount Everest, the pinnacle of geographical challenge, is facing an unprecedented ecological crisis. As adventurers flock to ...

Last month, as the 2025 climbing season began on Mount Everest, Nepal’s upper house of Parliament introduced a tourism bill that includes a suite of new rules that would significantly raise the bar ...

On 11 May, 35 years ago, Tim Macartney-Snape stepped onto the summit of Mt Everest for the second time, in doing so, becoming ...

The climbers who have shared images of the litter have helped to raise awareness about how carelessness is lessening what ...

A massive storm has moved in to Mount Everest at the busiest time of year for climbers, leaving dozens trapped at the highest base camp. Sherpa rescuers have found the bodies of four climbers inside a ...

Egloff already holds speed records on Denali, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, and Aconcagua. He wants to do the same with the remaining ...

One of the climbers wears a prosthetic after losing his leg in Iraq in 2006. — -- Climbing Mount Everest is one of the hardest feats in the world — even for someone in tip-top physical shape. But ...