Our Everest reporter explains the biggest stories from the 2025 season: fewer fatalities than in 2024, a narrow weather ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

Adventurers Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay stand atop the world as the first climbers to reach the summit. Read more.

Four British climbers made it from London to the peak in under five days after preparations that included inhaling xenon gas.

A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...

Image via Shutterstock Standing in a long line is bad enough. But standing in a long line in the sub-zero cold sounds like a ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Ballinger reported that high winds are causing havoc on the upper mountain, but his team continues to progress. No avalanches were reported on the Northeast Ridge of Everest, and the south side ...

around 9,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have lost their lives. “The 8,848.86-metre Everest is about to get a stricter gatekeeper. No longer will just any ...

In a bold move aimed at improving safety and reducing the deadly traffic jams on Mount Everest, Nepal is drafting ... like IFMGA certification — no matter where they’re from," he added.

Kami Rita (55) flew to Mount Everest on Sunday (April 20, 2025) from Kathmandu to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit during the spring climbing season.

Mount Everest expedition regulations: The Nepal government, in its revised mountaineering regulations, has formally ended solo expeditions on Mount Everest as well as other peaks above 8,000 meters.