Gauchan said that the helicopter’s instrument panel provides a color-coded safety scale of green, yellow, and red. “During ...

Blizzards. Whiteouts. Death at 29,000 feet. When hundreds of climbers were trapped on Mount Everest during the storm of the century, survival became the only goal. With temperatures plunging below ...

Pond summited the North Side of Everest (in Tibet, China), which some sources claim is more dangerous and has a higher death rate compared to climbing the South Side (in Nepal). That said, Pond felt ...

Sherpas are the porters and guides who risk their lives to help others reach the summit of Everest, often with little ...

A weather window arrived in the Himalayas as expected. The Jetstream has moved from the tops of the highest mountain in the world, as it mysteriously does annually, allowing mountaineers a short ...

A massive storm has moved in to Mount Everest at the busiest time of year for climbers, leaving dozens trapped at the highest base camp. Sherpa rescuers have found the bodies of four climbers inside a ...

A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Monday. Christopher ...