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

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

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

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

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 ...

It’s the “floating city” but also the sinking city. In the past century, Venice has subsided by around 25 centimeters, or ...

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 ...

In a significant step toward ensuring safety and sustainability, Nepal is planning to restrict Mount Everest expeditions to only those climbers who have previously scaled a peak above 7,000 metres.

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Nepal is planning to restrict expeditions to Mt Everest only to those mountaineers who have climbed at least one peak above 7,000 metres aimed at reducing deaths in the high-altitude zone, a media ...

A general view of base camp overlooking Mount Everest, the world's highest peak and other peaks of the Himalayan range in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal.(REUTERS ...