The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...

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Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

After a Czech climber suffered altitude sickness on the world’s highest peak, a helicopter pilot executed a dramatic ...

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A Scout group in Petts Wood has launched a fundraiser following the “devastating theft and vandalism” of their minibus.

Like many titles and place names given during the era of colonization, the Mount Everest name gave zero recognition to the title used by locals. Tibetans had, for centuries, called the peak Chomolunga ...

Highland Park native Alex Pancoe, 38, who made headlines for his mountain climbing and fundraising as a cancer survivor, died ...

Nepal is set to restrict Mount Everest access to climbers with prior experience on 7,000-meter peaks, addressing safety concerns and overcrowding. This policy shift follows a deadly 2023 season ...

If you want to climb the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal wants to see your résumé first. Turns out experience matters and for Nepal it looks like 7,000 meters. In a bold move aimed at improving safety ...

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting a new law that would require climbers to first summit at least one 7,000-meter ...