Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...

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Tyler Andrews owns numerous speed climbing records. His summit attempt on the world’s highest mountain, without supplementary oxygen, recently stalled. After ab ...

Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Mount Everest climbs hit record highs 70 years after the first ascent, raising concerns over overcrowding, safety and environmental impact.

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

supplemental oxygen and top-of-the-range equipment, the mountain is far more accessible to hobbyists and tourists. “Everest stopped being mountaineering in the pure climbing, mountaineering ...

An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...

Ben Ayers takes a tour of the Astrek Complex in downtown Kathmandu, home of gear shops, cafes, and an outdoor climbing wall Video loading... Where do Mount Everest climbers buy gear in Kathmandu?

Our Dispatches from Everest reporter Ben Ayers recently toured Astrek to check out the stores and the climbing wall. He met with Nepali IMFG guide Vinayak Jaya Malla to talk about gear ...

For several years now, Rainbow Mountain in Peru has been rivaling Machu Picchu. National Geographic magazine even included it ...