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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At least eight people have died on Mount Everest this week, surpassing the death toll from the entire 2018 climbing season, according to multiple reports. A traffic jam of climbers in the mountain's ...

A Japanese woman, 73, becomes oldest woman to reach the summit. May 21, 2012— -- It was rush hour on Mount Everest this weekend with 150 climbers reaching the summit, including a 73-year-old ...

Isn't scaling Mount Everest supposed to be dangerous on its own? Now, officials are blaming a new wrinkle for the deaths of four people and one missing climber: Too many people rushing to the summit ...