Nepal, the landlocked Himalayan country settled between China and India, is regularly hailed as the extreme goal for t ...

Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have persisted for decades.

Kyrgyz mountaineer Asel Baibagysheva became the first female climber from Kyrgyzstan to scale the world’s highest peak.

A breathtaking video shared on social media shows a mountain range in Guizhou blanketed in solar panels as far as the eye can ...

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 ...

Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. And some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to ...

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 ...

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known ...

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children's cancer programme, officials said on Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation's ...

CHINA DAILY Renowned singer Tank from Taiwan recently underwent ... Only a handful of medical centers worldwide are capable ...

Following years of concern over the amount of climbers — both experienced and amateur — attempting to scale Mount Everest, a major change is in the works.

Bengaluru’s Mekhri Circle marks the starting point of an extraordinary scientific journey—the Great Trigonometric Survey of India, which led to the discovery of Mount Everest’s height. Beginning in ...