The treacherous Khumbu Icefall has opened on Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ...

The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest. The highest mountain in the world stands 29,029 feet. Located in the ...

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 ...

High above the Himalayas, where the air grows thin and the risks rise, a drone roughly the weight of a baby yak, but with rotors instead of hooves, is starting to change the way Mount Everest is ...

STORY: It's often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” :: Mount Everest, Nepal Some estimate 50 metric tonnes of trash remain on the Mt Everest due to decades of climbing and lax regulations. :: ...

Mount Everest is the highest peak on Earth at 8849m. It's beautiful, magical, and also one of the most hostile environments a human being can enter. Above 8000 metres lies the notorious death zone, a ...

At the top of the world amid pristine white glaciers and towering rock, silence reigns. Suddenly it is broken by a ladder falling from the sky. Milan Pandey is sitting back down at Everest Base Camp, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake swept across Nepal's Mount Everest region on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...

You could say Dr. Blake Higgins was destined to climb Mount Everest. Even though his parents — longtime owners of the American Ski Exchange in Vail — weren’t hardcore mountaineers, they did name their ...