Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between ...

A 5.5 earthquake disrupted climbing operations on the north side of Mt. Everest early this morning, but no one was harmed and ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers interviews Viorel “Wally” Stirbu, who is back at Everest for his third attempt to reach the summit ...

Now back at base camp, the Boukas are undergoing a crucial recovery phase from May 8 to 11, before targeting a summit attempt within a favorable weather window expected between mid-May and the end of ...

It tells the story of the series of events that occurred on May 10 and 11, 1996, which led to eight climbers dying on Everest ...

Inexperienced climbers could be banned from scaling Mount Everest in an effort to reduce deaths and overcrowding.

Elite mountaineer, skier, certified mountain guide, and entrepreneur Adrian Ballinger tackles big mountains and challenges.

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for ...

The calendar turned to May yesterday, marking go-time for climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. After a long winter wait, ...

In his latest dispatch, our Everest reporter explains the crucial work done by rope-fixing teams. Plus, one climber’s global ...

Historically, men have dominated the public record in mountaineering. In the last few years, the 70th anniversary of the first summit of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay has ...