Jon Reiter, a Kenwood contractor, and his Australian climbing partner, Marcus Bridle, were climbing above 20,000 feet on Mount Everest early Friday when an avalanche swept down the climbing route, ...

Discovery Channel announced today that it will broadcast a 90-minute documentary, titled EVEREST AVALANCHE TRAGEDY, on Sunday, May 4, at 9 PM ET/PT that will air around the world in 224 countries. It ...

Since Edmund Hillary got all the credit for the first ascent of Mount Everest, the role of his sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, has been recognized as at least equally important. Now, an avalanche has killed ...

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Following the death of 16 Sherpas in an avalanche and the Sherpa community's refusal to work this year's climbing season in their honor, many of the hopeful Everest climbers are starting to give up ...

(CNN) — It was May 4, 1975. The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away from their scheduled bid for the summit of ...