New safety measures for Mount Everest proposed by Nepal would require climbers to demonstrate previous high-altitude ...

Bengalurus Mekhri Circle marks the starting point of an extraordinary scientific journey—the Great Trigonometric Survey of ...

The 2025 climbing season in the Himalayas has begun without controversy. Climbing techniques have evolved over centuries, often creating controversy and debate.

As Nepal moves to reform safety on Mt Everest, some of the peak's most respected guides question whether the new rules will ...

No longer will just any climber with ambition and a permit be able to attempt the world’s highest peak—Mount Everest. A new ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, a sweeping change is on the horizon which will dramatically change who can step foot on the mountain in the ...

On Easter Sunday, an Italian helicopter pilot named Simone Moro received word of a SOS call on 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal. Moro told Outside that a Ukrainian climber was suffering from altitude ...

Our Everest correspondent recently attended a pre-climb meeting held by guiding company Seven Summit Treks in downtown ...

Arriving on Mount Everest in 2024 — a year after a record ... a handful of guides trained to operate the RECCO system in the Himalayas. At low altitudes, he said it will make a difference.

A woman with incurable breast cancer is preparing to travel to the Himalayas to take part in the world's highest marathon.

For as long as he can remember, former Aurora resident Brian O’Malley has aimed high.